| If you didn't like playing dodge ball - well, you're | | | | PE class teaches how to lead a healthy life. Many |
| probably not alone in that thought. But physical | | | | physical education classes include nutrition and health |
| education class offers many valuable lessons for | | | | subjects. They teach basic information about nutrition |
| students that last their entire lifetimes. Physical | | | | and the body and what growing bodies need. While |
| education class is more than just gym class. | | | | our parents are meant to provide health and nutrition |
| It teaches physical coordination. Students learn about | | | | information, sometimes children do not listen to their |
| balance and grace. Elementary school children can | | | | parents but they will listen to another authority figure. |
| develop large and fine motor skills in PE or recess. | | | | Having a gym teacher that you like and respect tells |
| Adolescents going through puberty go through a | | | | you that it is important to drink your milk everyday is |
| typically awkward stage of development. Physical | | | | entirely different from having your mother do it. |
| education class often offers them the ability to learn | | | | Some schools include units on the dangers of drugs |
| how to walk with their bodies truly in balance. They | | | | and alcohol in their PE classes. In today's world children |
| learn excellent posture and how to keep themselves in | | | | need to be educated about the harmful effects of |
| good condition. | | | | drugs and alcohol and they need to be educated |
| Physical Education class teaches how to stay | | | | quickly. Drugs have appeared as young and as early |
| physically fit. Do you remember those warm-up | | | | as grade school in some communities. Having children |
| exercises we all did, and those cool-down exercises? | | | | understand that drugs and alcohol are not a "quick thrill" |
| The laps around the gym or the field we all ran? | | | | but something that can cause serious harm is a very |
| Those all taught us that the body does not go from | | | | valuable lesson. Preventing children from trying drugs |
| zero to sixty in one straight motion. Every exercise | | | | and alcohol through education can be as valuable as |
| works much better if you warm the body up first and | | | | everything else they learn in physical education, if not |
| do some type of cool down exercises. Stretching your | | | | the most valuable thing they learn today. |
| body is also very good for the muscles. | | | | In conclusion, Physical Education classes are still |
| It teaches that exercise is fun. Some classes today | | | | important for today's schools in providing a well |
| play Ultimate Frisbee or learn karate. Other classes | | | | rounded education for children. They help get children |
| have even played Dance Dance Revolution, the | | | | into the habit of exercise and healthy habits while they |
| popular PlayStation video game. Physical education | | | | are young. Children may discover a sport or activity in |
| teachers today are creative and thinking totally | | | | elementary school PE class that they later pursue as |
| outside-the-box to find fun activities. They are offering | | | | an extra curricular activity in Junior High or High School. |
| exercise alternatives that students will want to do | | | | Students of any grade may discover an activity that |
| outside of their school time, and perhaps for the rest | | | | they can even enjoy for a lifetime. Finally, PE is a great |
| of their life. | | | | way for kids to just be kids and have some fun. |