Elementary Physical Education


February 4, 2002,
Vol. 4, No.3

Conference/Workshop Calendar


 Editorial

Welcome Back!

Hello again! Welcome back. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. Welcome to what is without question my favorite time of year to teach and unquestionably a lot of others worst nightmare.

G Y M N A S T I C S

Hopefully you will find some ideas and methods here that will help alleviate some of your apprehensions and some lessons that will have your students yelling "Yea" instead of  "Nay".


We would like your input, so please feel free to email any of the section editors below to share comments, internet sites, ideas or more with us and the other professionals around the globe! Thanks.

John Williams
Elementary Section Editor





 Pen and Paper

Here are some gymnastics activities for your students to do outside of class or for those who are sick or injured and cannot participate.

Word find
Fill in the Blank
Scramble
Crossword

Good Luck and enjoy!






Questions to Ask, or
Thoughts to Share?





 Gymnastics Basics

Getting Down to Basics

Here are some basics to get you started:

Terminology
Positions
Equipment

Setup




How To's!

Here are some gymnastics how to's with directions to get you started. Some also include MPEG's and or animations.

Logroll
Side/Egg Roll
Forward Roll
Kneeling Roll
Backward Roll
Front Straddle Roll
Back Straddle Roll
Cartwheel




Here are some MPEGS of students performing gymnastics. You will need Real Player or Windows Media Player to view these.

These of course are just examples. You may do any exercise that you would normally do with any weights just a lot cheaper.

Balance Beam #1
Balance Beam #2
Kindergarten Class
Springing, Jumping and Landing

 




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 Teaching Ideas

Got lessons? Well here are some guaranteed to keep your students happy.

Creative Balances
Tumbling Dice

and a new one for this year not yet on my site, so click to download.

Here a roll
Cut outs to use

You will need Microsoft office 97 or above to view these.

Need more lessons try my NTG site by clicking here






 Online Assessments

Need some assessments other than the old pen and paper method? Click here to try these four different online gymnastics assessments on safety, symmetrical/asymmetrical and two on educational gymnastics.




 
 Contribute YOUR Ideas

If you have ideas, comments, letters to share, or questions about particular topics, please email one of the following Adapted PE Section Editors:


John Williams
Tom Winiecki
Marina Bonello


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