Suggestions for K-10 program

[elisabethd]

Hi Brian,

I'm mom of three kids who are in a new charter school. Last year, PE was a little inconsistent, and they are trying to get things going, but the guy who has been hired as PE teacher is more an enthusiastic dad and less a professional PE teacher. I've volunteered to help him out.

Do you have recommendations for a program that could be used with such a wide age range?

Last year, there were just a bunch of random sports (whatever the kids were interested in). I've talked to a lot of the older kids (my sons' friends, 12-14 years old) and they are very interested in programs that I've been doing--the last several months I've been working on some of Alwyn Cosgrove's programs and I've seen some very nice improvement in my body composition, which they noticed.

The school is totally open to suggestions, so I figure we should find the very best we can.

Recently, I was watching one of those crazy Japanese shows with obstacle courses (with my sons of course), and the boys thought that they would be great for school! Now I have to figure out how to build a course that they won't kill themselves on. Seems like it would be great for motivating them.

Anyway, any ideas? Oh, and we don't have any money. I'm only kidding somewhat--I'm a fundraiser so I can figure it out if need be.

I'm tickled that I found this forum--and slightly embarrassed since I've been hanging out in a different forum and didn't even know you were over here--Rachel Cosgrove referred me to you, I looked you up and here you are!

Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have.
Elisabeth

[Jean-Paul]

Welcome Elisabeth!

I am actually in a similar situation... My children started their new school year yesterday, and I found out that my 2nd grader only gets PE once a week (but two recesses), and my 5th grader gets NO PE (which is not what they promised in our meetings).

I just got my "Grasso Method" workbook and DVDs in the mail today. I'm pretty stoked. It's ALL laid out, organized, and very sound. I love Brian's philosophy, and the program is worth much more than his asking price in my opinion. I am meeting with the director next week after I've had some time to read through it and see if we can work some of this stuff into the curriculum. I'll keep you posted.

What charter school system are your children attending? Mine are in the E-stem school (which is a national model).