If you're kids are anything like mine, finding out how their day was or what they learned in school today can be a pretty one-sided conversation. As a parent, you want to know...are they behaving? How did the test go? Are they mastering skills and understanding content? Where are they struggling and how can you help them? These are great things to want to know in order to help your student and create meaningful dialog with them.
If I can ask one HUGE favor from you... When your child comes home from school on P.E. days, please do not ask him or her, "What did you play in P.E. today?" Instead, ask, "What did you learn in P.E. today."
Children learn best when they are given the opportunity to explore their world while moving. My students do not just play games, they learn something new each day.
In a quality physical education program, students learn:
- How to improve their overall fitness,
- To perform a variety of skills,
- To be responsible for their health and fitness,
- How to set achievable goals,
- To cooperate with others and accept responsibility for their own behavior,
- To socialize with their peers,
- And to be confident, independent and exhibit self-control.
10 Conversation Starters for Talking to Your Child About Physical Education
- Tell me what you "learned" in P.E. today.
- Tell me about the best part of your P.E. class.
- What was the most challenging thing you did in P.E. today?
- What skills are you working on in P.E.?
- What are you doing differently from last year?
- Tell me how we can incorporate your learning in P.E. into a family activity/outing.
- What was the best thing Coach Adams asked you to do in P.E. today?
- Did any of your classmates do anything funny?
- Who did you play with today?
- Can you show me (or teach me) something you learned today?
