Top Ten Reasons to Take Physical Education Classes10. Self-discipline: It is important because it is a way to show respect to themselves, teachers, and authority figures.
9. Social/Leadership: Children in PE get to work with and amongst their peers. They will have the opportunity to be leaders and learn skills necessary for a lifetime. 8. Self-confidence: PE and health promote positive body image and the steps to take to be physically active and healthy which can enhance self-confidence. 7. Decision-making Learning: the tools necessary to make wise and informed decisions regarding their health. 6. Goal-setting: Striving and attaining things in your life provides meaning and growth to an individual’s life. Formulating and implementing goals is a great way to help all aspects of life, whether it is for health, work, or relationships. 5. Health promotion: In health classes, students learn about disease prevention and how to be healthy in all aspects of their life. With the statistics of childhood obesity skyrocketing, right now more than ever it is crucial to promote positive health promotion. 4. Life-enhancing: Provides opportunities to learn habits and skills that they will use and apply their whole life. 3 . Movement: Movement is so crucial and important for children. It has been proven to reduce stress, expel excess energy, and improve academic function. Especially with all the high stakes testing being put into schools, PE is a great way to allow children the ability to move and release energy. 2. Fitness for a lifetime: The goal of PE is to help all children maintain health-enhancing levels of physical fitness for a lifetime. Students don’t just learn for a grade, they learn for their life! They will learn habits and skills that they can use outside of school that will help them achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle tailored to their personal interests and desires. 1. Domains of development: The only subject that naturally covers all three developmental domains of learning at one time (physical, social, and intellectual). |  "Success isn't something that just happens - success is learned, success is practiced and then it is shared". Sparky Anderson   |
