““If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving.”walk, crawl. But by all means keep moving.”

-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

CHAPTER 3CHAPTER 3Teaching Motor Skills Teaching Motor Skills

To ChildrenTo Children

The Developmental PerspectiveThe Developmental Perspective““Skill Themes & Movement Concepts”Skill Themes & Movement Concepts”

• Lesson Plan Format

• Groups

Constructing CommonalitiesConstructing 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

Skill ThemesSkill 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

Characteristics of Skill ThemesCharacteristics 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

Movement ConceptsMovement 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

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

Skill Themes/Movement ConceptsSkill 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

To Do List…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

Peer Teaching SchedulePeer 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

Next WeekNext Week

Tuesday – Peer Teaching (Lesson #1 or #2)

Thursday – Mid-Semester Exam