Last Friday, I had the opportunity to attend the Michigan MAHPERD Convention. I was reminded once again how different Phys Ed is today. There are so many new ideas, tools, and outcomes available to use.
Some new ideas I am implementing:
-Listing Health, Fitness, Sport, and Skill focus on the whiteboard so students always know our objective for the day.
-Using more foundational games to introduce strategy concepts to different types of sports (invasion, target, striking/fielding, net/wall categories)
-New report cards that list individual objectives that students meet or do not meet throughout the year.
I have recently been using www.thephysicaleducator.com as a resource. So many great ideas for behavior management, incentives, health, games and more! Definitely worth checking out.
I came across this poem at the end of a book last week. Yet again, it stresses the difference between old and new P.E. It also acts as a reminder that Phys Ed is not sports practice. If you don't have the same audience, why would you teach the same content?
It's hard to improve
when we're all standing still
watching the first picks
gain all the skill.
Let's learn some new games
where no one complains
there are too many rules
too long to explain.
Let's learn some new games
we can play at home
along with some neighbors
and when we're alone
Let''s learn some new games
that make us ALL go
yet the teacher says
that's all she knows.
-Bud Turner
