Help me give my students hula hoops, fitness hot spots, and jump ropes to help improve their healthy fitness level. We are also looking to replace our multi-purpose goals!
My students are simply amazing! These last few years I have really been blessed to work with such fun personalities! Our students live in rural Indiana and come from three small communities. We are comprised of transfer students from nearby towns as well. Our students are very different in the fact that they are very economically diverse in this area.
Many say it takes a special person to work with middle schoolers.
You either love it or hate it. I can tell you I have now been working with middle schoolers for longer than I taught elementary students and I do not ever see myself going back! My students are fun, energetic, have a sense of humor, are still just kids, and love physical education! This week during College Go Spirit Week many dressed up as me with sweats, whistles, and name badges for "Dress as your Favorite Teacher!" There is no bigger compliment than that!
My Project
Adding fun, exciting, and colorful equipment will keep middle schoolers more engaged in physical activity. I have several games I like to play involving hula hoops, but we currently do not have enough to make them work well. I hope to add the hula hoops and storage cart so we can play fun activities that involve fitness, but make it fun as well! For example, adding rubber fish and pigs to a sport usually played with a ball will help mix it up and make the game more exciting.
I want to add equipment to my middle school physical education program to keep these early teens engaged and motivated in fitness and movement!
My goal is for my students to learn to move and move to learn. The hot spots have different fitness activities and pictures on them for the students to use in warm-ups and during class.
The equipment I have included in my project is meant to help foster the students' love of movement in hopes they will learn the skills needed to play games, sports, and activities outside of class and for a lifetime!
More than a third of 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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