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New Year, New Commitments
December 30th, 2011 10:44 am UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
For many of you, coming back to school after the holidays means the start of a new semester. This is a great time to re-teach any classroom management issues that need addressed. If something has been “driving you crazy” in your classes, take care of it now! Even if you aren’t starting a new semester, [...]
What is Your Leadership Style?
December 1st, 2011 2:35 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
I recently listened to a lesson on leadership by Dr. John Maxwell titled “Leadership Off the Wall”. The focus of the lesson was based on the fact that what is on our wall tells a lot about our leadership style. It made me start thinking about what is on the wall in our gyms! When [...]
Five Reasons to Include Basketball Skillastics® in Your Basketball Unit
November 2nd, 2011 2:05 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
It’s that time of year again – basketball season! Many of you are starting or will be starting your basketball unit to coincide with the season. Below are five reasons why Basketball Skillastics®® will help you teach basketball to your students; 1) No standing around! All students are engaged at one time. 2) Athletes and [...]
Let’s Move in School Initiative – Why Get Involved?
November 2nd, 2011 1:38 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Home Blog Post, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
Now that you are settled into the school year, if you aren’t already involved in the “Let’s Move in School” initiative, I encourage you to go to www.letsmoveinschool.org and become a part of this great project! The goal of LMIS is to provide a Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program (CSPAP) with quality physical education as the [...]
Skillastics® Shining Suggestion of the Month
November 2nd, 2011 1:24 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
A great supporter of Skillastics®® shared this great idea that she includes periodically as a “twist” to Skillastics®®. Cover 2 or 3 activities on the oversized Skillastics®® mat with a piece of paper that has a big question mark on it. If a team lands on that activity, that student runs to the “mystery activity” [...]
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Skillastics® gets all the students so pumped to get active. They come in and see it laid out on the floor as the warm up activity and they get so excited! Before they know it they are moving and getting sweaty! They enjoy it so much that I got Sandy Spin Slade, Inc. permission to inlarge the activities and made them into poster size images and use them for our warm up when we do not have the Skillastics® game that we borrowed from another school. It is so much fun to see every student active no matter what their ability is. I love it! Thank you!