"Classroom management at any level is a challenge, but little kids love to participate and that energy is the perfect tool. Find some activites that all the kids really enjoy so that they wont get off task since they are in love with what they…"
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Crazyness!
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Preschool aged kids sometimes get a little crazy in any kind of classroom! They have a lot of energy and sometimes they have no idea what to do with it! In a Physical Education class what are some…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Corey Molitor Mar 7.
Locomotor
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I will be using the skill theme approach in a preschool class over the next few weeks. I would like to have a better idea of what developmental level the students are at since I have not worked with…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jayme Ryan Mar 4.
NASPE releases newest issue of Strategies
The January/February 2011 issue of Strategies: A Journal for Physical and Sport Educators has been printed and is set to hit mailboxes later this month. The issue, which features a cover story on…Continue
Started Mar 8, 2011
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Jayme Ryan replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Locomotor"What everyone else said is right- this age of kids love to have fun! When working with my preschool kids at a daycare in the gym area, the hardest thing is classroom management and keeping them all on the same page due to their different…"
Kristen Koontz replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Locomotor"Rebecca,
The good thing about teaching younger students is that they will have fun with just about anything. If you are still interested in making a theme with loco motor movement, you can play silly games. A silly game could be simply tell your…"
Kristen Koontz replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Crazyness!"A couple suggestions to allow them to stay focused is to create an award that would be given at the end of the class to allow the preschool aged kids a reason to pay attention and motiviation. It could be any simple award such as a sticker or be…"
Jacob Olson replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Locomotor"The approach at the preschool level should be rolling, jumping, landing, left, transfering weight, chasing, fleeing, dodging, and balancing. Each of these skills can be done in some sort of tag variation. Problems that could arise would be keeping…"
Joey Kutsch replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Crazyness!"Whenever you are playing a game or your activity, before after reiterate what the kids learned and what you want for them to get out of this lesson."
Kyle Lindblom replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Crazyness!"I have not taught pre-school, however with kinder, I find starting with poly spots is very helpful! I use it as their home. When ever we move about and the music stops and I say, "go home," they know where to go. A simple thing…"
Howie Weiss replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Locomotor"Check out pre-k physical education primer from my web site. You may find it useful.
http://weissice.com/pk.htm"
Susan Lechtenberg replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Crazyness!"you can also make visuals..a stop sign for when you want them to stop, a picture of an ear for when you want them to listen etc. many children at this age are visual learners as well!!"
Gaetano J. Amato replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Locomotor"Hi Rebecca. Pre-school children do not need a structured lesson. Much better to set up areas with small apparatus or playground equipment or equipment such as balls, hoop, ropes etc., and let them explore and enhance their own motor…"
Gerry Cernicky replied to Rebecca Shandera's discussion Crazyness!"Rebecca, bring in as much of the media as possible from the movies, TV and kid shows that they watch everyday. They love to mimic, dance and workout story plays from books , such as , Where The Wild Things Are . That is use mimetics through the…"
Rebecca Shandera posted a blog post“Mission Possible – for YOUR Program”
“If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you’ve arrived?”This statement is obviously pre-GPS technology, but I think you know where we’re going with this…At SPARK, we’re big believers in instructional alignment. Sure, we have Standards, benchmarks, yearly plans, assessment tools, and activities, pedagogy, and equipment to coordinate. Sheesh, isn’t that enough??!Actually, there’s one more piece to the puzzle – and it really completes it. A mission statement is what your…See More
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“Mission Possible – for YOUR Program”
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 4:29pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
“If you don’t know where you’re going, how will you know when you’ve arrived?”
This statement is obviously pre-GPS technology, but I think you know where we’re going with this…
At SPARK, we’re big believers in instructional alignment. Sure, we have Standards, benchmarks, yearly plans, assessment tools, and activities, pedagogy, and equipment to coordinate. Sheesh, isn’t that enough??!
Actually, there’s one more piece to the puzzle –…
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