SmartDoc Sign Holder

Easily and effectively display important messages, instructions, or designate stations anywhere a cone goes. Simply slide your standard 8-1/2”W x 11”L document in all 3 tabs of the holder and place it atop a cone. This product is perfect for class-wide messages, circuit- or station-style workouts, and event signage.

Universal Design

Take any cone in your collection and turn it into a 8-1/2”W x 11”L billboard quickly and easily to display your messages, instructions, or station designations anywhere a standard-sized cone goes! A simple, easy cone-top design allows you to slide the holder on top of any traditional cone.

Easy to Use

Simply insert your paper sign into the document holder, securing it in all three friction tabs. Then adjust, tilt, and swivel the holder up to 360-degrees for optimal visibility. Perfect for either laminated or non-laminated paper.

15 Clever and Creative Activities Using the SmartDoc Sign Holder

The SmartDoc Sign Holder is a versatile and highly durable tool that allows physical education teachers to clearly display signs, instructions, station directions, and visuals during indoor or outdoor lessons. With its spring-loaded, weighted base and adjustable height, it's uniquely stable—even in windy environments—making it perfect for structuring stations and guiding student movement. These 15 creative activity ideas transform the SmartDoc Sign Holder into an interactive learning tool that supports teaching a wide variety of fundamental movement skills across all grade levels. Teachers can pair it with laminated signs, Gopher-branded equipment, and movement challenges to create dynamic, self-guided, or teacher-led PE experiences.

1. Sign Sprint Shuffle: Place several SmartDoc Sign Holders in a large circle, each holding a card with a locomotor skill (e.g., gallop, skip, leap). Students travel from one sign to the next, performing the movement shown, promoting locomotor variety and cardiovascular engagement.

2. Pose & Post: Use each SmartDoc to display a non-locomotor pose (e.g., tree balance, twist and hold, side sway). Students rotate between signs and freeze in the pose for 10 seconds, enhancing body awareness, flexibility, and balance.

3. Travel Tag Tasks: During a tag game, “safe zones” are marked with SmartDoc signs. Each sign includes a stretch or balance pose to perform while “safe,” encouraging brief recovery and non-locomotor skill practice.

4. Musical Moves Markers: When music stops, students run to the nearest SmartDoc and perform the movement posted. Combine dancing, stopping, and quick directional change with agility and coordination practice.

5. Mirror Me Markers: Assign one student per station to demonstrate a movement shown on the SmartDoc while others mirror them. Switch leaders every 30 seconds to enhance peer modeling and movement creativity.

6. Read & Roll Relay: Place SmartDoc holders with rolling tasks like “Roll ball to cone and back.” Students perform each roll before tagging the next teammate.

7. Twisted Trail Twister: Create a path using SmartDoc signs showing twist, bend, or sway tasks. Students follow the trail, performing each non-locomotor movement while staying in personal space.

8. Precision Push & Pull Path: Use signs to guide students through stations with pushing/pulling tasks (e.g., pulling a scooter or pushing a weighted medicine ball).

9. Bounce and Bound Board: Show bounce or leap skills with SmartDoc visuals. Students must bounce a ball 5x, then leap to the next SmartDoc.

10. Landing Legends Lane: Set up signs showing different safe landing positions. Students perform a small jump, then read and match their landing pose to the one on the sign to self-assess landing technique.

11. Stop Spot Challenge: Post SmartDoc signs throughout the gym. When a whistle blows, students must stop at the nearest sign and complete a coordination task involving balance or reaction time.

12. Balance Beam Broadcast: Set up balance beams or ropes on the floor. SmartDoc holders display balancing tasks (e.g., “Arms out airplane” or “Toe-to-heel slow walk”) to guide safe, focused navigation.

13. Agility Alphabet Adventure: Each SmartDoc holds a letter and movement cue (“A = Army crawl, B = Balance on one leg”). Students must follow the alphabet trail and perform the indicated action.

14. DodgeDoc Dash: Use SmartDoc signs as dodgeball base zones. When students reach one, they must read and perform a quick challenge (e.g., squat jump x3) before rejoining the game. Encourages movement variety during play.

15. Coordination Carousel: Set up a rotating station circuit where each SmartDoc outlines a coordination-heavy movement (e.g., pat head while rubbing stomach, clap-jump-spin combo). Students cycle through, practicing timing and control.