Teaching PE for learners at home
Alvin C. Dela Cruz
Lockdowns and home quarantines have resulted to students of all ages in all school levels to stay at home and learn remotely via modules and online platforms created and recommended by the Department of Education.
Physical Education or PE is no exception to other core subjects in the modalities, with safety and health as the leading consideration in the raging Covid-19 pandemic.
PE is a required academic subject that teaches participation in lifelong, health-enhancing physical activity. In PE, students learn to work as a team, develop healthy personal fitness habits, and set fitness goals now and throughout their lives. Like other academic subjects, PE is based on a curriculum, with learning standards. Students learn a wide range of skills in PE, not just sp or t s.
But all of thiese set aside sans face-to-face classes and actual physical contact and workout, the learner thus requires guidance from the teacher and the parent or guardian in undertaking PE at home. Tips suggested for continuing PE at home include:
1. Being physically active for at least 60 minutes every day. Physical education and physical activity are important because they help young people stay healthy and alert, and can improve academic achievement. Exercise and daily physical activity can help students manage their stress and focus better on their lessons.
2. Employ various exercises such as mindfulness activities, dancing, physical activities with math, health and literacy activities and other health and emotional activities like yoga, breathing and meditation.
3. Use available resources and space at the "home classroom." This could be walking or running, a simple physical exercise but it can be important when you feel like taking a break and not engaging in too much physical activity. Others are biking, calisthenics and plyometrics, Zumba and simple obstacle courses.
It is always important to remember and remind students that PE aims to develop students' physical competence and knowledge of movement and safety, and their ability to use these to perform in a wide range of activities associated with the development of an active and healthy lifestyle.
--oOo-The author is Teacher III (PE) at Meycauayan National High School, Senior High School Department, Meycauayan City