Winter Olympics

During the month of February the students at MAES are participating in a new Winter Olympics unit during their PE classes. Classes were assigned random countries that are participating in this years events. These countries were chosen from the list of top medal winners from the last Winter Olympic Games. The students will are encouraged to make flags of their counties and sings supporting their team to hang in the gym. Also, they are encouraged to wear the colors of their countries on the day they have PE. The students will be doing three timed events during this unit, speed skating, skeleton, and biathlon. I look forward to seeing the students participate and cheer each other on during the events!

Juggling at Bartlett

The PE classes that I teach at Bartlett have been working on juggling for the last month. This activity is a great way to work on hand-eye-coordination. The students have been having a blast learning about the different styles of juggling and having a chance to try their skills out! The classes all started with traditional juggling, the tossing and catching of objects. We practiced a specific skill with a juggling scarf, and once mastered with the scarf, we tried it with a ball. The classes did this activity for 2 weeks, with each child advancing at his/her own rate. The past two weeks the classes have been working on non-traditional styled juggling. This includes spinning plates, devil sticks, diablo's, balancing feathers, and walking on stilts! This has been a great unit, and I look forward to moving on to some Olympic games followed by some "fair" games to fit into the school wide reading of Charlotte's Web.