My students need 33 yo yo like Diabolos for a circus arts unit in my Physical Education class.
FULLY FUNDED! Mr. Hoffman's classroom raised $468
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Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
Students are encouraged to take healthy risks in order to grow and become healthy in my classroom.
"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
-John F. Kennedy
I teach physical education grades K-5.
I have seen an improvement from a fitness standpoint, but they still lack some coordination and eye/hand coordination. I believe that adding circus skills will improve their hand/eye coordination and their reflexes.
These students are from a low-income area and don't get as many opportunities as other children their age.
I believe that this unique opportunity would enhance their skills; not only physically but behaviorally as well. My students are seeking to be encouraged and enjoy showing off the new things they have learned. This juggling equipment would allow my students to work on the skills needed to accomplish a task they otherwise would think impossible.
My Project
Circus skills will help the students develop their concentration and hand-eye coordination while using both sides of their brains. The learning or teaching of circus skills in an educational setting can have many benefits in terms of educational outcomes. For example, by learning the skills themselves, the students will feel how the circus activity affects them and how it enables them to subsequently acquire knowledge. Learning circus skills is an excellent, fun, class activity offering many links to National Curriculum areas such as physical education, performing arts, science, art, music, literacy and numeracy.
These Diabolos will be used in lessons to help students develop patience and persistence, provides a model for cooperative learning, and remind us that challenges can be fun!
They will also stimulate imaginations and higher order problem solving and improve the abilities to focus and concentrate
Circus skills would improve our physical education program and our students' lives by introducing a new skill they have never learned before.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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