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Allows Maximum Participation for all Ages and Abilities

 

When you look at Skillastics® activity kits, on the surface it’s easy to see why students would enjoy taking part in these activities.  The mats are bright and colorful, the activities are fun, and everyone works at their own ability level.  It’s also not hard to understand why teachers are drawn to Skillastics®.  Any time you can engage a large number of students to be active all at the same time the product is a winner. 

But, there is more than meets the eye with Skillastics®.  Consider the fact that the activity kits can be used to teach and assess the NASPE Physical Education Content Standards.  For example, you can observe each group and see how well they work together as a team to assess NASPE Standard 5.  Or, as you finish Fitness or Fitness Extreme Skillastics® have students identify which activities helped improve the different areas of fitness. 

Another added value of Skillastics® is the fact that once students know the activities they can continue to be utilized in a variety of ways.  A teacher can use them for instant activities, they could be used in the classrooms as brain breaks or fitness breaks. 

Because of the ease of use, the activity kits can also be used in before and after school programs, during family fitness nights and health fairs. 

We realize you have difficult decisions to make when deciding how to spend your budgets and hope that you see the value that Skillastics® provides by being a great tool to use  not only in physical education classes but in many other ways. 

 Fifteen Reasons Why Skillastics® is MORE Than Just a Game…

 

Benefits of Skillastics® for You

  • Skillastics® takes approximately 30 seconds to set up, and allows up to 100 children to be moving at one time – easily surpassing the need for children to be participating in Moderate to Vigorous Activity (MVPA), 70% of the time.
  • A recent study revealed that the average Target Heart Rate Zone (THRZ) of children playing Skillastics® for 20 minutes was 142 bpm, based upon the set THRZ of 125-185.  This average heart rate (children were wearing Polar E600 heart rate monitors during the study for 20 minutes a day, for three continuous days),  puts children comfortably in the energy efficient zone.  This zone is also known as the fat burning zone.  This zone provides cardiovascular benefits for children and allows them to be active for a long period of time.
  • Skillastics® with the NASPE national standards.  For more information
  • A study conducted with 100 Physical Education Teachers in the state of Alabama that purchased Skillastics®, revealed that 93% either strongly agreed or agreed students looked forward to participating.
  • All of the Skillastics® Activity Kits (except Halfpint and Halfpint Bilingual), can be combined with the Skillastics® Nutritional Cards to combine fitness activities with a Health and Wellness Curriculum.
  • How many products for under $220 can keep an entire class or group of children moving together in a manageable atmosphere, allows for easy assessment, develops confidence, facilitates cooperation, and instills positive exercise habits that last a lifetime!

 

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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!

Trina Burr, Physical Education Specialist, Eagle River Elementary, Eagle River, WI