Bodily awareness for children is an important area in education, but very easily overlooked. Movement in the body begins very early. As a baby he/she will wave their arms, kick their legs, and wiggle their toes. When the baby gets older all of the earlier movements leads to crawling, rolling, and walking (Me & I"m great).
Basic skills like running, jumping and walking all should be used in P.E., this teaches the children balance. There should also be an activity that teaches hand-eye coordination, like catching And bouncing a ball (Me & I"m great).
Physical fitness has two factors.
1. Health of the Child.
2. Use of sound in physical activity (Me & I"m Great).
Specific activities young people are walking, riding a bike, jogging, and dancing. They can do these activities at home, at school on the playground (www, americanheart.org). .
Some goals of physical education is create a noncompetitive environment, winning and loosing is unimportant. A focus in P.E. is not to stress competition but to get along with everyone, and teamwork. Games and activities should be used to maximize learning and enjoyment of movement for all children (Journal of Teaching P.E.). Another goal should be to help students develop an active lifestyle that they will carry through adulthood and to promoted lifelong physical activity. (amercianheart.org). "Daily physical activity education from k-12th grade is recommends by the American Heart Association and the National Association for Sports and Physical Education".
Physical activities help students develop attitudes, motor skills, behavioral skills and confidence they need to engage in lifelong physical activity (americanheart.org). Other physical areas are developed thought physical fitness like strength, endurance, changing direction with control, flexibility, coordination and balance. These are very important skills to teach (Me I"m Great).
Physical Education teachers should be asking themselves, do the students socially interact during a game? Are all children being included in the game (Journal of Teaching P.
