Princess PE
Once Upon a PE class time, There was a princess who presented pride for PE. Royalty is about being proper, one who is proper must have proper health. To achieve proper health one must be properly educated. The PE Princess properly portrays proper Physical Education for the proper person: royalty, and real! Live the fantasy life fit, healthy, and happily ever after!!
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Final Day in a Fun way
Our final day at St. Mary’s was full of fun activities. One thing
that always get the students excited is the parachute. On this day we were able
to have 2 parachutes available to us one very large one and a medium one.
We
started off with the large parachute, this way many people would be involved in
the activities. Some of the parachutes games that were played were:
-Switcheroos (parachute is lifted up, a color is called, if
the student is holding that color they run under the chute and find a nother
spot to hold before the parachute falls.)
- Merry go round- ( Various locomotor skills are being
performed while traveling in different directions with the parachute) We
performed, skipping, sliding, hopping, and walking to the right and left.
- Mushroom- the parachute is lifted up and then pulled down underneath
students bottoms so they are sealed inside. This is where information was
exchanged about each student. We asked questions to go around their circle like,
favorite color, favorite sport, favorite school activity, favorite animals.
- Soup- balls were being thrown into the middle of the
parachute and students were saying their favorite soup ingredients, then when
the soup was ready to boil over the balls were popped off the parachute!
- Popcorn- multiple balls are thrown on top of the parachute
while being shaken (similar to soup game), the objective was to lift the
parachute up and then snap it down to the ground and see the balls to flying way
up. One variation of this was to try and make a ball into the basketball hoop!
-Sharks and lifeguard- A game where we sat with our feet
under the parachute. Some students were assigned roles as sharks (taggers) and
lifeguards (savers). If tagged we were “dragged” under and became a shark and
got to tag others! The students love being underneath the parachute.
This is when most students left to do other activities so
the big parachute was put away and the medium one was brought out for those
still wanting to play.
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Trap the mouse- a student was chosen to be the
mouse and crawled under the parachute while being shaken. The parachute was
then lifted up and brought down “trapping” the mouse inside.
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Don’t let in the lion- a student was assigned
the role as a lion and the other parachute participates were mice. The parachute
was lifted up and brought down underneath the students bottoms leaving the lion
student out. The object of the game was to try and cover all the spots so that
the lion couldn’t get in the cave to the mice!
When the parachutes were put away, tag games filled up the
rest of the day!
Line tag- participants could not leave the lines unless
tagged. Once tagged the student has to stand next to the line until someone
comes along to let them back on. There was some cunfision wit this game, some
students were hopping the liens while other only wanted to play without leaving
the line.
Mario tag- when
tagged the students had to say “mama mia!” and hold a peace sign to show they
were tagged so someone can let them back inot the game.
Chinese temple tag- a
classic and always fun to play. When tagged the students had to form Chinese
temples with their legs shoulder width apart and arms met together above their heads.
The student had to slide underneath the legs of other students to get them
unfrozen. This was a challenged because some of the taggers liked to “puppy
guard” the tagged players creating more of a challenge.
Crazy pose tag- this
went over really well, once the student was tagged they had to stand frozen in
a silly pose and hold it until someone set them free. There were some pretty
creative poses seen!
Blob tag- brought in more participants. A giant blob chain
is formed with the more people tagged. The students strategized by breaking the
blob apart to get more students tagged. Then when there was only a few students
left the blob came together creating one giant blob and circled around the
remaining students so there was so escape from being tagged!
Then it was time to wrap up the day. For spring the bumblebee
song was sang with the students. This was a silly song and had funny dance
moves for the students to join in with. Finally the last of our St. Mary’s
cheers was done. This is a great way to end a great experience at St. Mary’s I am
grateful or all that I have learned here and all of the wonderful students who helped
me learn to be a better teacher.
THANKYOU ST. MARY’S!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Exercise + Game = EXERGAMEING!
Video games have had a bad rep in the past. It was said that it makes the young lethargic and rots their minds. With Exergames neither is the case! Exergames is a opportunity to stimulate the mind and body while playing a video game! Technology in this area can really make an impact on the face of future PE classrooms. Not only do the games get you moving and having fun, they can be educational as well!
Bringing education in with the physical activity is a huge innovation. This allows the opportunity for students to learn different subject through their movements. The game Hyperdash is an excellent example of this. This is a target tagging race course game. It is a game that can be modified in many ways. It can be set up as a course, where the students would have to run around finding the colors or numbers the Hyper Dash unit calls out. This is a way for youngsters to learn their colors and numbers in a fun and active way! The course can be changed around whenever during game play, having the multicolor pods scattered around their room and students would have to overcome obstacle in order to get to the pod. It is a fun way to learn to be active and even compete to try and beat your fastest score!
There are other ways to bring education into the PE classes. For younger students there are foam cut outs and pieces that match up. These can be utilized in PE in a multitude of ways. The only limit to the activity would be your imagination. The students could move around the room trying to find the match to their piece. So many games involving such simple items can be played and with different objectives!
For students who love to go on bike rides there’s an exergame for them too! It is an interactive biking game. The students get to ride their bike and steer to the position they are at one the screen. The screen gives a course with different subjects such as, counting and the alphabet. Now the students are able to bike and learn in the classroom! There is even more to the interactive bike game the course sets up lots of turns and obstacles that need to be avoided. This works on the students cognitive problems solving skills that relate to their movements so they can avoid the obstacles and continue the game.
There are even biking games for the older students as well! Games like these can be used for any ages.
What about the older students? Of course there are a variety of activities for the upper grade levels. There is the classic DDR game newly modified to incorporate a whole class’s participation! The class gets to dance as a group grooving to the music and having a good time.
There is another game out that is similar to DDR but upgraded! It is kickboxing to the beat! This great form of exercise while working on timing and coordination.
An idea for using this for other school subjects would be to make a song up about the subject of study and upload it onto the music player and kick box to the beat of the educational song! MOVE GROOVE AND LEARN! Finally a chance to relieve all the built up stresses of school! ;)
These are video games can enhance ones health, mind, and body. Technology is a huge part of our lifes already. Why not make it part of our healthy living?
Monday, April 23, 2012
Birthday Bash at St. Mary's
I was fortuneate enough to spend my birthday with the time of the St. Mary's students. I had a lot of fun and they really made it a birthday to remeber.... :)
To start off the day my group and I
were the leaders of the initial gym activities. The subject of today’s
activities were, kicking the ball, and stationary dribbling. There was a wide
variety of games involved with these skills. First there was the game of “kick
the can” modified so that it was kick the pins over instead. The pins were all
lined up and the students had a specific starting point. They had to aim in order
to kick over the pin and stay controlled. The other student teachers reset up
the pins each time they were knocked down. Continuing with the subject of
kicking, the next game was a team game. It still involved the kicking skill but
this time there were goals involved instead of pins, and some of the students
were defenders until they got to switch.
Then we moved onto the skill of
dribbling. The first game played was a modified version of “red light green
light.” The students were instructed to dribble the basketball from one side of
the court to the other while listening to the color of the lights indicating to
go, slow, or stop all while dribbling. This went pretty successful. I tried to
key in on the important factors of dribbling such as keeping it at waist level,
using fingertips to bounce the ball, and keeping their heads up while dribbling
to make sure they did not run into anyone else. This was followed by a dual
game of kicking and dribbling. This game was set up so that there were goals underneath
the basketball hoop and the student were split up into two teams. One of the
teams had pinnies and the other did not, this helped clarify who was on what
team. The objective of the game was to score points by either shooting a basket
or kicking the ball into the goal. There was a catch though the students could
not run all the way down the down to score they could only take three steps and
they would have to pass it to a team mate. This was a very exciting game and it
got lots of involvement, especially when the student teachers joined in.
After they students were done with
that game they were able to do whatever activities they would like in the gym. Some
wanted to play a game of tag with the student teachers. We played the original
freeze tag first but then it was changed to Chinese temple tag. This was a lot of
fun and it got a lot of students running around. The students began to get worn
down so before the next activity they all grouped and had a water break for a
few minutes.
The next activity was in the
cafeteria where they had snack and then was able to participate in various
activity such as building blocks, coloring book, checkers, and dominos. The students
were very creative with what they build. The student teachers had fun building
blocks with them as well. It was interesting to see the different concepts each
student creates. The ones who were playing with the dominos were creating house
layouts originally but then decided to build the blocks up and then topple them
down. We even made a few domino tracts and had lots of twists and turns involved.
Then cafeteria time came to an end and each of the students helped clean up their
messes and other activities.
We were able to return to gym again
and resume playing whatever activities they liked. I got to experience a new
activity with one of the students practicing for her beauty pageant. She was
very eager to show off her talent portion and even help and train others in their
pageant walk and wave. It was humorous, especially when she began her strutting,
but it was fun so we played along. Her talent portion involved some gymnastics
moves, so we found a blue panel mat in the back corner of the gym to practice
on. Once other students saw what we were doing they decided to join in. soon
there were a couple students showing off their gymnastics skills. I saw
students able to perform splits and cartwheels. Then we decided to work on a
little routine with leaps, jumps, rolling, and even a couple of handstands and
cartwheels. The students loved being able to show off what they could do.
Soon the day came to an end as we
all met in the middle of the gym for our closing games. We started with a game
of toilet tag. I worked with a preschooler and she loved to run around and
flush everybody’s arm to set them free. Once the game was over a fun and silly
song was sung that the students seemed to enjoy. Then finally the St. Mary’s
goodbye cheer. It was a successful and fun day once again at St. Mary’s.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Jumpin', Stompin', and Shakein' St. Mary's
Colorful Creation:
On this visit to St. Mary’s school my group and I were involved in the Special Projects Group. This entitled us to redecorate the gymnasiums bulletin board. In our creation we included a variety of sports suitable for the upcoming season, it gives the visual idea the other sports that can be played to stay active and healthy.
On this visit to St. Mary’s school my group and I were involved in the Special Projects Group. This entitled us to redecorate the gymnasiums bulletin board. In our creation we included a variety of sports suitable for the upcoming season, it gives the visual idea the other sports that can be played to stay active and healthy.
Throwing and Catching:
We had to observe the
students playing games that focused on them throwing and catching. There was a
variety of skills levels seen. Some students were seen having more components
of the throw down than others. We even saw a student who was able to throw
effectively with both their right and left hand. The game played was very fun
for the students, and the TA's looked like they were having fun as well! Students
were in the initial, elementary, and a couple could be considered mature in their
fundamental throwing skill.
There was a very high
level of participating today. Lots of creative games were being played by the
other groups; it engaged the students and kept them involved and active throughout
the day.
After creating the
board we interacted with other students in the gymnasium. My group members
and I were involved in various activities, first we played a little catch with the
football, then had a soccer trick contest with some of the older boys, I was very
impressed with how skilled they were in the sport. I saw successful trapping
skills from the students, controlled dribbling, and even juggling the ball by
popping it off the ground first!
Afterwards a girl
student brought over the long jump rope. This was an exciting activity that
mixed older students and younger together. It was fun playing with the students
because we were able to learn a new jump rope song taught to us by one of the
younger students
Teddy bear jump rope:
Teddy bear, teddy
bear, turn around.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, ‘touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, tie your shoe.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, that will do.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, go upstairs.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn off the light.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say goodnight!
Teddy bear, teddy bear, ‘touch the ground.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, tie your shoe.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, that will do.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, go upstairs.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say your prayers.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn off the light.
Teddy bear, teddy bear, say goodnight!
Then the rope turners
proceeded to count the following number of jumps the student was successful in completing
over the rope.
We were even
practicing running into the rope and jumping in while it was already moving and
had multiple people jumping together at the same time!
After that activity I
noticed some students off to the side on a mat sitting and humming. I realized
they were practicing meditating and we ended up playing a little made up game
that created lots of smiles. The students had to remain in their meditation
pose while crazy things were going on around them such as
"earthquakes" the mat would slide around, or using string to have
them "getting caught by a giant spider.
Towards the end we
played rock paper scissors tag which was fun to play with the pre-k and older
students. The student teachers assisted with the younger players so they could
be involved in the game too.
Afterwards we met in the
middle and sang a song. The students though it was a very funny song and there
was lots of laughter all around.
Then to conclude our
day we thanks St. Mary’s with a fun and loud cheer. The students got to stomp
as loud as they could and shake their whole bodies in the cheer stop and shake
it.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Debate Day
The Debate held in class was to
figure out which curriculum plan was best to include in the schools program. The
challengers of the days debate are the Sticks in Sports & PE Enthusiasts,
Fitness Education Fanatics, and Skills theme Advocates
The sticks in sports group was the
first to present to the board. They had an argument which entailed the use of
sticks in their lesson plans to develop the use of these sticks in sports as
the child matures and the game played matures. It creates a plan to have the
children develop using stick equipment in various sports that can be
transferred to learning other stick sports as well.
Next to present was the Skill
theme Advocates. Their presentation emphasized the importance of learning the
individual developmental skills that make up the play of the sport. By working on
games that enhance skills in game play it better transfers from practice to the
game time performance.
Finally to present was my group
the Fitness education fanatics. Our presentation focused on the importance of
lifetime sports. We wanted this to be included with the schools program because
of the health benefits starting at childhood all the way throughout life by learning
lifetime sports. By participating in these activities it allows the student to
be active and healthy in creating their own plans to stay fit and healthy in their
lifestyles. The creation of our presentation went very smoothly. Everybody was
involved in the project and each had a point to advance our cause.
After all the presentations were
complete it was time for questions and rebuttals. This was an intense time in
the classroom. Each group was pointing out holes in the plans of other groups. Even
though the heat was on in the questioning the rebuttals were clear and had good
answered from all of the groups.
The board had time to deliberate
and reach the decision of dividing the curriculum between lifetime sports and
the fundamental skills of sports. It was a successful ending for our group and
a fun day of debate.
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