The laws for my state say that PE is required (and health).
How does that work? Do you just have to like walk around your neighborhood or something?
Aren’t those laws talking about what you have to do in public school to get a high school diploma? I’d be surprised if they invaded private school autonomy to require private schooled kids to take P.E.
If you want to walk around your neighborhood for forty minutes a day, feel free to call that "PE" and enter that in your high school cumulative file as a course you regularly studied. You could also jog, bike, or board, blade. Get into some competitions and give yourself a purpose.
I’d rather take karate, dance, riding, sailing, gymnastics, tennis, or fencing lessons. Your mom might be able to arrange such lessons on the cheap at your local community college, or you could take them at a dance, karate, or fencing studio privately. There’s also the local park and recreation classes (where I took tennis and my kids took dance) for cheap. The Y had a lot of classes. There’s AYSO and little league and other community sports. Your scout troop will have hiking or rock climbing, if the other members are interested, or drill team and cheer squad. There are even neighborhood jumprope teams that are totally serious and they compete, but I wouldn’t know where to start with that; I just know there was one that practiced in my alley every afternoon and were awesome. There should be a local chapter of jugglers who might have lessons. The municipal golf course will have pros that give lessons and the municipal pool will probably have swimming lessons as soon as they open for the season. Don’t forget skiiing, boarding, and ice skating. If this doesn’t give you ideas, I don’t know what else to say. The opportunities are probably only limited by the number of sports that exist.
For health, go to the library and ask them to show you the section where the "health textbooks" might be kept, or any similar book. Or shop on eBay for one under the "textbooks" section. I don’t have a whole lot of respect for "Health" as a subject, other than learning what a proper diet is, as if you didn’t know already. They’ll tell you wash your hands, don’t expose others to your cold nor expose yourself to others’ colds, and after sixth grade (or in some states it’s fifth grade) they’ll endlessly rag on you to "use a condom" as if that were the solution to all situations. Anyway, sign yourself off and spend the saved time reading some quality literature. Fielding, Shakespeare, or Chaucer make a good start.
January 28th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
Aren’t those laws talking about what you have to do in public school to get a high school diploma? I’d be surprised if they invaded private school autonomy to require private schooled kids to take P.E.
If you want to walk around your neighborhood for forty minutes a day, feel free to call that "PE" and enter that in your high school cumulative file as a course you regularly studied. You could also jog, bike, or board, blade. Get into some competitions and give yourself a purpose.
I’d rather take karate, dance, riding, sailing, gymnastics, tennis, or fencing lessons. Your mom might be able to arrange such lessons on the cheap at your local community college, or you could take them at a dance, karate, or fencing studio privately. There’s also the local park and recreation classes (where I took tennis and my kids took dance) for cheap. The Y had a lot of classes. There’s AYSO and little league and other community sports. Your scout troop will have hiking or rock climbing, if the other members are interested, or drill team and cheer squad. There are even neighborhood jumprope teams that are totally serious and they compete, but I wouldn’t know where to start with that; I just know there was one that practiced in my alley every afternoon and were awesome. There should be a local chapter of jugglers who might have lessons. The municipal golf course will have pros that give lessons and the municipal pool will probably have swimming lessons as soon as they open for the season. Don’t forget skiiing, boarding, and ice skating. If this doesn’t give you ideas, I don’t know what else to say. The opportunities are probably only limited by the number of sports that exist.
For health, go to the library and ask them to show you the section where the "health textbooks" might be kept, or any similar book. Or shop on eBay for one under the "textbooks" section. I don’t have a whole lot of respect for "Health" as a subject, other than learning what a proper diet is, as if you didn’t know already. They’ll tell you wash your hands, don’t expose others to your cold nor expose yourself to others’ colds, and after sixth grade (or in some states it’s fifth grade) they’ll endlessly rag on you to "use a condom" as if that were the solution to all situations. Anyway, sign yourself off and spend the saved time reading some quality literature. Fielding, Shakespeare, or Chaucer make a good start.
References :
January 28th, 2013 at 6:28 pm
Keep a log of physical activity, organized or otherwise. PE isn’t required in my state, but I chose to keep up with it anyway just so that I would have an incentive to stay in shape. I was part of a fencing club all through high school, so I fenced twice a week for three hours and also practiced at home for competitions. I also played soccer with friends, went kayaking, hiking through nature trails, etc. My local homeschool group started a Presidential Fitness club, and every week we would get together to try some new activity like rock climbing, some unusual sport that most of us had never tried, etc. We also had a monthly skating party at the roller rink, and we tracked all of our activities on the Presidential Fitness website. The group gave out awards and medals for members that reached certain fitness goals throughout the year. It was a lot of fun. You can use the Presidential Fitness website to track your own physical activity for record keeping purposes as well, and even compare your progress to others in your county, state or the country. You don’t have to be part of a group to do it. Try it.
References :
January 28th, 2013 at 7:02 pm
There’s several different ways you can do this.
1. Dual-enroll in a high school or a form of school where you can earn at least 1 Physical Health credit.
2. Earn the credit on a virtual school by taking classes which will reward you the credit.
3. Start keeping a log of all of your physical activity. Make sure to date and specifically detail the log. You should have months worth of physical activity documented. You can use this log to receive the credit, I suppose.
For any further questions, contact your county’s department of education or school board. I assume you go to someone for yearly evaluations of your homeschooling progress, so you need to contact the person who evaluates you and ask them all the questions. A lot of states have different requirements.
References :
January 28th, 2013 at 7:27 pm
That is a good question, and one that is often asked by homes coolers. It’s good that you are thinking along those lines and I think the other answers had some good ideas. There are some curriculum companies that have health and nutrition and P.E, books. My brother in law used to organize a sports night once a week for home school students in our area, where they would get together and play basketball or whatever.
References :
January 28th, 2013 at 7:48 pm
There is an actual website for PE aka Gym or Physical Education and you can type any of those terms into your search bar and it will bring up loads of stuff ( I just don’t have the website card handy at this moment sorry).
Anyway, you can get together with others your age/grade and all do PE stuff together at a local park or you can join Gymnastics, Tennis, Swim Team ( or just swim), Ballet, Tap, Jazz, etc through either your local YMCA or Parks and Recreaction Dept.
What ever it is that you do, just keep track ( day, activity, how long) and put it in your school log ( I keep a lesson plan book and have the month planned out so that we know what we are doing ahead of time and have all the proper equipment). If you take Martial Arts or anything like that, that counts towards your PE credits. As for equipment, I get our stuff at places like FiveBelow, Dollar Tree, Big Lots ( some stuff you can only find seasonly so I buy what I need or can use when it comes out). I have loads of websites that I can share with you if you pop me an email at ChildHomeAcademy@aol.com
Make sure that your parent or guardian is aware of you contacting me ( I’m a mom) and knowing the basics of which state you are in and your age/grade will help to point you in the right direction.
References :
6th yr Homeschool mom
January 28th, 2013 at 8:37 pm
Any good exercise at all really. Run, skateboard, jog….just any good exercise is good P.E.education.And then right it down in your planner, or whatever it is you record your education with.
For health, just read a good health book. Right now, I’m reading a nutrition college book.
References :
Homeschooler
January 28th, 2013 at 9:15 pm
You can do PE in a number of ways.
Some people sign their kids up for classes (such as gymnastics or martial arts or dance or something). Some sign their kids up for sports with a homeschool co-op or a city league or through a community center or something (baseball, soccer, cheerleading, or whatever). These are a variety of ways to get organized PE done by someone else.
You could get involved competitively such as in a swim team or running marathons or in bike races or whatever appeals to you. You could get involved in charity events that raise money for different causes through walk-a-thons, bowl-a-thons, or other physical events. You could look online for rules about the Presidential fitness challenge or some other such challenge to take on. These are ways to get involved in organized PE where the final event is organized by someone else but training and practice workouts have to be designed by the parent or student.
Organize something yourself and keep records of what you do (and the time spent if your state requires certain number of hours). You can take walks and record those. Or you could spend time studying the rules of a game (such as football), attending games as a spectator (and viewing the game in action), as well as playing it (whether in a formal team or just out in the yard or a park informally). You could learn about health (nutrition, how the body works, how to stay healthy, the dangers of tobacco and drugs, etc.) or how to set up a fitness program (and then do it). You could study a variety of games/activities (hop scotch, jump rope, archery, swimming, or whatever). Or you could be a lot less organized and just spend time running around outside, playing in the park, hiking, riding bikes, playing laser tag, or whatever and call it PE; as well as reading occasional books or watching videos on some aspect of health for the health aspect of PE. These are ways that the homeschool parent (or student, if the child is older) can organize their own PE program.
References :
January 28th, 2013 at 9:29 pm
Most home-schoolers get more exercise anyway because they aren’t confined to a school building all day. In my state, Physical Education is mandatory, but I don’t think that includes "Gym" type activities. I think it has to do more with health education.
References :
I am home-schooled (Now in 11th grade.) I participate in sports at my local high school. Today I ran 7 miles in track. If that’s not Phys-ed, I don’t know what is…
January 28th, 2013 at 10:13 pm
It can be whatever you want it to be. In my daughter’s public school just letting the kids play on the playground was considered P.E. class. Feel free to interpret that any way you like, because the schools do.
As P.E. we’ve counted swimming, biking, hiking, walking the dogs, playing on the trampoline, rock climbing, ballet, martial arts, gymnastics, yoga, etc. Remember that you don’t have to do it everyday if you don’t like. You could spend a couple evenings a week at the skate park for PE if that fits your lifestyle and preference better.
References :
January 28th, 2013 at 10:34 pm
Im not sure but i do see one 11 yeard old kid go to my college to use the gym everyday so im guessing hes homeschooled.
References :