Bringing Physical Education HomeOverview:
Extend physical education to include regular exercise in
the home, and present proper sleeping, eating and exercise habits as
part of a larger picture of personal wellbeing.Teacher Preparation: Prepare handouts of various exercises.
Procedure Ideas:
-Talk regularly about the relationship of exercise to health,
productivity, even economics.-Discuss various health problems that can be eliminated or
minimized by regular exercises or stretching.-Students invent their own exercises, focusing on certain parts of
the body or muscle groups, or... Pick from existing exercises already used in class.-Students can teach exercises to adults at home.
-Have kids figure out an exercise regimen they can undertake at
home.-Include stretching exercises that may be done as part of TV
watching.-Children can talk with their parents about their physical activity
as children, and why they do or don't exercise now.-Students can keep a chart of exercises performed nightly by
themselves and their parents.-Write about results of their teaching experience.
Can have adults help them check and record their heart rate
before and after exercise.Options/Variations:
Posing a question recently to our own high school age children of "how many of your
friends DON'T smoke?"resulted in the answer: "none." Need we say more?
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