K-12 Zone  Blogging Houston-area education with the Chronicle
staff.  Who is the biggest loser?      Categories: Uncategorized
Sarah Viren  2 Responses    1. Ed T. says:      At the risk of
sounding like a broken record: when they are younger, how about
let’s let them *go out and play*, instead of that regimented
exercise stuff and threatening to keep them inside and sedentary
as a form of punishment? Young children seem to be very adept at
using their muscles (somewhere I read that this is a biological
thing), but just as we tend to stifle their minds, we do the
same to their bodies.      As far as the older ones go, try
this:      1) Quit treating physical activity as some sort of
punishment (quite common when I was in school.)      2) Allow
them to have a full range of athletic activities (e.g. don’t ban
certain contact sports simply because of a fear of lawsuits.)
3) Allow them time to shower and clean up afterwards!     2.
This program was meant to jump start the kids and motivate them
to just try……