1. “If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving.” -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. CHAPTER 3 Teaching Motor Skills To Children The Developmental Perspective “Skill Themes & Movement Concepts”

2. Lesson Plan Format Groups

3. Constructing Commonalities Select any sport Identify the basic skills –Locomotor, non-locomotor, and manipulative Identify the carry over skills to one other game Themes apply to different sports, although their use differs in context and emphasis

4. Skill Themes Fundamental movements that are later modified to more specialized patterns Involves the development of activities of increasing complexity Involve locomotor, nonlocomotor and manipulative skills

5. Characteristics of Skill Themes Competence in performance is a major purpose versus an emphasis on game play Designed to provide experiences appropriate to a child’s developmental level as opposed to age or grade level Scope and sequence of skill themes are designed to reflect the needs of students over a period of years frequent revisiting of themes

6. Movement Concepts Used to “modify” skill themes Skill themes are always verbs –things you can DO Movement concepts are always modifiers –descriptions of how (e.g., slowly, at a low level) Children need to learn and understand the movement concept vocabulary –e.g. light force

7. See text p. 54-55, Tables 3.3 & 3.4

8. Skill Themes/Movement Concepts The Wheel –Skill Themes = Verbs –Movement Concepts = Modifiers ?How does Table 3.3.-3.4 compare to wheel? (Ch. 3, p.54-55) Ing-ly Game

9. To Do List… In Teaching Groups –Assign LP books to groups –Review LP Format / LP Books –Teaching Schedule –Look at Equipt (needed for Tuesday) –Discuss lessons found (appropriateness, devl level, etc) –Work on fitting lesson into format We will teach these lessons next Thursday (6-7 students, 10 mins.) –ADC Questions for observation visit

10. Peer Teaching Schedule 10:00 – Meet Room 2040 10:15-10:30 Group 1 10:30-10:45 Group 2 10:45-11:00 Group 3 11:00-11:15 Group 4 11:15-11:30 Group 5 11:30-11:45 Group 6 11:45-12:00 Group 7 12:00-12:30 Debriefing & Announcements *Plan 10 minute lessons

11. Next Week Tuesday – Peer Teaching (Lesson #1 or #2) Thursday – Mid-Semester Exam