Physical Education
How Does Your Garden Grow?
June 6th, 2013 2:24 pm PDT | Posted in Afterschool, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
I have been spending a lot of time the last few weeks in my yard (and yes I love it!). I started thinking about how different plants need different care. Some need more water, some need less shade, some need trimmed back and others need to be left alone! That’s not a lot different than [...]
Surrounding Yourself With Quality Individuals
May 12th, 2013 1:48 pm PDT | Posted in Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
I just returned from the AAHPERD National Convention and as always came home excited to be a part of such a great group of professionals. Regardless of whether it’s a national convention or your state convention, a regional workshop or some other type of professional development opportunity that you choose to attend, I think often [...]
Success Isn’t About Winning
May 12th, 2013 1:35 pm PDT | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
I recently found this story in a booklet entitled Bits & Pieces: A woman having lunch at a small cafe was seated next to a family celebrating their son’s basketball game. Their conversation was so lively that the woman joined in. “You must have been on the winning team,” she said The kid grinned from [...]
National Physical Education & Sport Week – Start Planning Now
April 4th, 2013 2:15 pm PDT | Posted in Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog, Uncategorized
May 1-7 is National Physical Education and Sport Week and that provides us with a great opportunity to advocate for our profession! Now is the time to start making some plans to celebrate this week in your schools and communities. Here are a few ideas to get your creative juices going! Plan one special activity [...]
The Importance of Teamwork
April 4th, 2013 2:11 pm PDT | Posted in Basketball, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog
Most of us, sometime or another, have done something that we would consider not one of our shining moments. For me, it was in high school when I was more concerned with my basketball scoring average than our overall team success. In my senior we had not beaten this particular team in our conference for [...]
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