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How to Keep Children Interested in PE

According to the National Association for Sports and Physical Education, physical education (PE) is a vital part of a school's curriculum. The organization states that PE can have a positive effect on both the physical and mental well-being of children and help to build well-rounded individuals. If you're a physical education teacher, in order to ensure your students gain the benefits of PE, it is necessary to keep them interested in the subject.

Instructions

    • 1

      Analyze the interests of your children. At periodic times during the school year, offer questionnaires, or orally ask questions to find out your students' interests. Ask them what types of physical activities they enjoy performing, whether they prefer team sports or individual activities and what types of sports they enjoy playing. Analyze the answers and use them to create a curriculum that will meet the interests of all students.

    • 2

      Incorporate a variety of structured games, as well as teacher-created games, into your PE curriculum. Games such as baseball, basketball and volleyball certainly offer physical benefits, but so do modified versions of hide-and-seek, tag and ball toss games. These made-up games will provide your students with variety and keep them interested in being physically active.

    • 3

      Allow your students to choose the activity that they participate in. Offer three or four options and take a vote to see which activity should be performed -- make sure all activities are performed by week's or month's end. Alternatively, you could set up three or four activities and have children rotate through the activities during PE time.

    • 4

      Change the setting in which PE class is offered. Alternate between holding PE class in the school gymnasium and outside on school grounds. Seek the permission of your supervisor and the students' parents to see if you can take children on field trips to different gyms or athletic parks.

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