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Skillastics® Enjoyed at Field Day!

May 4th, 2012 11:41 am UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Fitness, News, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog

In honor of National Physical Education Week, Field Days all across America are happening with great success.  One particular school – Lively Elementary in Irving, TX decided to REALLY go all out for their field day!  All the children received t-shirts that stated; “Taking Bored Board Games to Another Level“, and introduced many fun, exciting “board” [...]

Developmentally Appropriate Skills

April 30th, 2012 9:29 am UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Fitness, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog, Tips

Fun, joy of movement, positive learning environment.  What comes to mind when you read those words?  For me, it’s what I tried to do each day in my teaching.  But for the purpose of this article, it’s back to watching 5 year old children learning how to play basketball, and now soccer.   After a little [...]

May is National Physical Education and Sport Month

April 5th, 2012 12:19 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Fitness, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog

May is National Physical Education and Sport month and offers a great opportunity to showcase your program.  It’s important that everyone looks for ways to advocate for physical education and by planning a special event during May (and specifically the first week of May) you can help support those advocacy efforts.  Here are a few [...]

Just Released – A New Spin on Basketball Basics DVD

April 5th, 2012 12:02 pm UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog

  Over 100 Skill-Building Activities for Children that Create an Atmosphere of Challenge and Fun! A New Spin on Basketball Basics is an excellent resource of basketball activities that builds skills and understanding in a non-competitive environment. The activities are presented in a progressive format in which students demonstrate each activity based upon their ability-beginning, [...]

Be A Master at Feedback

January 31st, 2012 10:27 am UTC | Posted in Afterschool, Basketball, Park and Recreation, Physical Education, The Skillastics Blog, Tips

I’ve been going to the YMCA to watch some really cute kids learn how to play basketball!  Of course, basketball is huge in Kansas (James Naismith, the inventor of basketball was a teacher at the University of Kansas!) and there are lots of kids playing basketball this time of year.  I’ve noticed several things that [...]

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