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The most ■ i ni ’• • - j >< ct of any physical educstor-should be the developing ’ ■ an awareness that one's physic;-; ...i i: mental health improves as the • - 1 of fitness improves.
Not all y-M-il physical education programs are exactly alike, but they all tend to ha- stain features in common. These are reflected in the checklist provided 1>\ the President’s Counci! of J'l.;. sical Fitness and Sports that f lie s.
Check the program in your child’s school ag.vii- ;i.is list. Your interest con’d n.ai • • iiie difference between a program t hat meets your child's needs and . -ne ! cat falls short.
1. Physical fitness is not a parttime thing. I>oe.- venr school program provide at loa>: otio period per day of vigoM>u- i>hV'-ca! activity?
2. Play alone cwi , develop physical fitness. Is a iiar! .-.I each physical education period o.-.oted to activitic's like running. euCsihenics, and agility drills.'
d- Skill it. sport ... a valuable social and h ri'tl I>oes your school prngrair. ofn-r instruction in lifetime sports kke g -It, ti nnis, jogging, and ot hers''
4. Most ptn s'. ’i' i : "blems can be alleviated it di.-m cored c-arlv enough. I toes t;u - :i..ol give a screening tes’ n ,l> those children who am -.a ,:iv, .nfioxible, overweight or lad.i.ie n c ordination?
5. All chdd: -. improve with help. Are them; sp.-mu physical education programs m.- children with special problems, such .is the retarded, the n.;nd,capped and the underdeveloped
What do \ a; do to change the “No” answers to • 't <
Speak to ti.i !'!'.-. ic:d education teacher and. the pi:: -apal in your child s schoo. and o- press your concern. 1 ry to m ; , ■ . , hoo! board to take up the jss ■ .; '"-proving the county s pto sie d ouiation program, not just t -ti uli tic program.
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