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Welcome to the "Elementary PE" page on PELINKS4U. We hope
that you are finding this page useful and interesting; that you
can use the information found at this site, to develop a quality
program thereby making PE a meaningful experience for children.
Help us to reach this dream by promoting and advocating quality
Physical Education. Please let us know how we can improve this site
and make it yours too by contributing and sharing your ideas. We
can learn so much from each other especially when our goal is one
and the same.
Marina
Bonello
Section Editor
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As children get fatter, researchers try to find solutions.
Gina
Kolata
from the 'New York Times', puts together a very interesting report.
The issue of increasing percentages of obese children across all
ages and income groups, is not simply an issue resolved by diet
and exercise programs. Numerous researchers are still trying to
discover how to solve this problem.
Free
Play ! Recess necessary for proper development
Norman Dockins forwarded
to PELINKS4U (Thanks Norm!), this article written by Mike
Daniels,
regarding the benefits of recess which he came across in the Dallas
News.
Why
PE and Recess are both necessary
Olga
S. Jarrett, and Darlene M. Maxwell, explain the differences between
Physical Education and recess and furthermore explain why both
are so very necessary for elementary aged children.
Keep
kids safe on new lightweight scooters
The
hottest new street toy is taking its toll in injuries, most of
which are preventable, says Safe LKids Canada.
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Elementary
Teaching Ideas
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Saskatchewan
Education Curriculum Guide
A
Curriculum Guide for the Elementary Level: An greatly informative
site providing the commprehensive curricular framework developed
by Saskatchewan Education, You can also down load their safety
guielines policy for Physical Education from here.
National
Information Centre For Children and Youth wtih disabilities.
In
"Teaching Elementary Physical Education" Vol 11 issue6,
Kristin Grant maintains that "general physical education
teachers often have little background or experience in adapted
physical education". She recommends physical educators learn
about this realm and recommends this website as one of the starting
points.
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Teaching
Nutrition Concepts to Children
Keecha Harris
offers ideas for establishing healthful attitudes and knowledge about
food and nutrition. The bemphasis is placed on flavor than on the teachable
attributes foods offer like colors, shapes, food origin, texture, and
smell.
PE
Digest Resources.
The
Canadian Journal has posted a series of downloadable Posters
and Teaching
Tips which
you check out.
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Ideas from PE Central |
Cooperative
Hoops
Chuck
McNevich
who
teaches at Carver Elementary School developed this lesson idea to
teach students the concept of inclusion and to promote cooperative
learning. For mid-elem. classes.
Scooter
Mania.
For
the younger pupils, you might want to try this idea developed by Matthew
Schinelli who teaches at West Orange Schools.
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Physical
Fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy
body. It is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity!
The relationship between the soundness of the body and the activities
of the mind is subtle and complex. Much is not yet understood.
But we do know that what the Greeks know in the Ancient Olympic
days…. that intelligence and skill can only function at
the peak of their capacity when the body is healthy and strong.
JFK
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Cook
Primary School
A
really neat site developed at Cook Primary School, Camberra, Australia.
Differentiation in instruction is achieved by integrating Bloom's
Taxonomy, Debono's Thinking
Hats and Howard Gardner's theory of Mutiple
intelligences
BHF
and Young People - Education
Check
out this site developed by the British Heart Foundation to teach children
about Health Related Fitness. Take an online tour into heart department
here.
You can order this and other resources for free but you can make a donation
to this charitable organisation.
Microsoft
Clip art gallery.
Check
out this never ending resource of images ! Once you enter the site click
the "Accept Button". There are various search criteria boxes
that need to be selected (pull down menu pops up when you go on down arrow
at the right hand side of the Search in; Result should be and sort order
by
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Tell
me and I forget.
Teach
me and I will remember.
Involve
me and I will learn.
Benjamin
Franklin
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PELINKS4U
welcomes articles, letters, ideas, conference dates and reports, suggestions
for links and any suggestions for site improvements. Help to support quality
physical education by contributing to this site.
Send information to one of our Elementary PE Section Editors:
Marina
Bonello
Gerry Cernicky
Paula Summit
Tom Winiecki
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