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Scholastic
Teacher Resources
This site has a variety of lesson and teacher resources that can be
used in conjunction with movement activities.
Disney
Education Station
Disney has created
a number of great teacher resources, and now places them in a central
location here at their website. Choose from cyber lesson,
teacher tested ideas, and teacher resources that connect to Disney
movies and characters. This is a great resource!
The Case for Elementary School Recess
There is a misconception in our society that recess does not serve
any real purpose. The Board of Directors of the American Association
for the Child's Right to Play (IPA/USA) believe that recess is vital
to the child's overall healthy development.
This site offers parents, teachers, and school administrators
information that supports the need for elementary school recess.
Click here
for more, and be sure to tell your colleagues about this valuable
resource. Why not email your school administrators and school board
members with a reference to this site?
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Kinesthetic
Learning: It's Not Just PE Anymore by Cindy
Kuhrasch
Many of us have believed for a long time,
that there are a wide variety of learners in our classes.
And within that collection of students, there always seemed
to be a few that would use any excuse to get up and move around
the room. Now, through the work of Howard Gardner and his research on
the Seven Intelligences (or is it eight now?), we recognize those
highly mobile students as kinesthetic learners.
Additional research in the area of brain
physiology has helped us to recognize that exercise and movement
³juices up the brain, feeding it nutrients in the form of glucose,
and increasing nerve connections-all of which makes it easier for
kids of all ages to learn.²
Robert Sylwester, in his work A Celebration
of Neurons, tells us that ³knowledge is retained longer if children
connect not only aurally, but emotionally and physically to the
material. Yet, many of us shy away from adding movement to our classrooms,
worried about our lack of training or fearing that chaos may erupt.
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Last issue we brought
you some great ideas from PE Central for
learning student names and forming groups. We've kept those links
in case you didn't see them but added another to give you some new
instructional ideas.
Choosing
Appropriate PE Lessons Checklist
Eloise Elliott
suggests we should check for the following when designing PE lessons:
* Does the activity provide
for differences in the skill levels of your students? (i.e., is
it developmentally and/or instructionally appropriate?)
* Can all students be successful, and at the same time, challenged?
* Does the activity provide for maximum participation?
* Can you emphasize the "learnable
piece" (i.e., cues, strategy) during the activity? * Does the
activity provide for maximum practice time?
* Can you teach your students what you want them to learn from the
lesson using the chosen activity?
* Can you assess
student learning?
Learning Students Names
The folks at PE Central have compiled
a wonderful selection - 23 in total - of instructional strategies
teachers of all subjects and grade levels can use to help them learn
student names. Check these out and share them with colleagues.
Forming
Groups
Thirty-two different ways to form groups! Yep. That's what those
clever PE Central folk (with a little
help from many practicing teachers) have listed.
Tired of numbering off the kids? Bored of having them stand next
to a partner? Check out these ideas to put some zest into the new
teaching year.
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on Ring Toss
Arrange ten cones in any formation. Each cone should have a number
on it. Numbers should go from one to ten. Students have three rings
to toss. They may toss rings on any combination of numbers adding
up to ten.
Variations:
Add your three numbers.
Add the numbers from your first and second rings together and subtract
your third.
Developed by:
Cindy Kuhrasch
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