May 8, 2025 • 19 mins
Greetings PE Nation!
Today I wanted to give you a "best-of" compilation of my recent guests on the show, including insightful clips and funny moments.ere are some highlights:
• Implementing standards effectively through advance planning and focusing on the most important outcomes
• Using creative teaching tools like Webster the inflatable puppet to engage young learners
• All Kids Bike program helps kindergartners learn to ride through a progressive approach from balance bikes to pedals
• Replacing the word "jail" with "quicksand" in games makes activities more inclusive for all students
• Bowling provides students with transferable skills they can use at social gatherings
• Creating memorable experiences through special units and challenges like Amazing Race activities
• Developing student autonomy by teaching them to set up equipment and run activities independently
• Simple games like "Toss Three" effectively teach fundamental skills while requiring minimal setup
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Speaker 1 (00:11):
Hello and welcome to the Super Satisfys Ad Podcast.
My name is Dave and today Iwant to do kind of a best of
episode or better yet, I likethe name Frankenstein episode,
where I take little clips, funnyclips and really good,
insightful clips from myprevious guests in the recent
(00:31):
couple months and I put themtogether in a nice little
compilation.
So I hope you enjoy this, theFrankenstein episode.
Without further ado, here we go.
(00:55):
There is one thing that I'm notas, and it's I'm only bringing
this up because, again, I justhad an interview, this this
earlier today, and I um, so I'mgoing to be a little bit
opposite on you on this one, andit's not not a bad thing, I'm
just saying it's.
So, if anything is a bad thingon my part, I don't feel like
I'm, uh, I'm, I'm not the bestat okay, I put out probably 300
(01:16):
podcasts or right around there,and you're not gonna hear me
talk about standards a lot,because I'm not the best at just
being strictly on the standards.
I do cover the standards, but Ialso, you know, I'm not like I
and I it sounds like you are,and that's a good thing I just
don't get it.
In my opinion.
I don't feel like I have timeto and I've moving parts.
(01:39):
I've like this this pair isdoing this game over here, I'm
doing this over here, this guy'sdoing this over here, this para
is coach, and maybe it's anorganizational thing on my part,
but how?
How do you incorporatestandards as well as you do?
I guess is is.
My question is I'm not thegreat, I'm not very good at it,
I'm just going to admit it.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Let me.
Let me start by saying that Imean you know, first of all, I
never judge someone else's wherethey're at in any detail.
I think it's an Indian, nativeAmerican proverb till I walk a
mile in their shoes.
So I don't know your situations.
Your perspective and yourdemographics are probably
different than mine.
But to answer your question, Itry to do a decent job planning
(02:22):
ahead of time.
So I know what's happening inSeptember, october, november and
I make slide decks foreverything.
And this is what I was talkingabout earlier, where I learned
to become organized and I kindof document my document.
So all my standards are alreadythere on my lessons on my
slides.
So it's really not that hard totake that information and write
(02:43):
it on the whiteboard or makethose standards known.
And they all look prettysimilar.
As you know, the standardschanged recently the Shape
America and plus we have our ownstate standards frameworks, we
have the MAPS framework.
So what I do is I just take Ithink I alluded to it earlier
what are the top 10 things Iwant them to learn by the end of
(03:03):
the year?
There's a lot more than 10standards there.
We have the four shape americaones, but there's other.
You know the indicators rightso they can't learn everything
like I have.
Some I have, and there's agreat um.
There's actually a greatspreadsheet that I got.
I gotta give a shout out to um,cbhpe.
Here's another resource if youdon't have it chromebooks build
health and collaboration.
(03:24):
Um, um, oh, hold on.
Collaboration, collaborationbuilds health, something along
those lines.
It's a website, cbhp you cansend it to me after yeah, I'll
send it to you.
This is where I got this, this,this template, from, and it's
really great because it talksabout the standards, what's
what's happening currently inthe program and what you would
(03:45):
like, how you would add thestandard, depending on what unit
you're teaching.
So it really has developed aframework so that I utilize that
.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
So I love it.
Yeah, because I'm again, it'smy weakness, it's not so I'm
really.
Yeah, I love that.
Your answer could help me.
So I'm trying to say becauseorganization, like you said,
you're, you're getting better atI'm I'm not saying I'm not
organized at all.
I I am, but well, I could bebetter.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Let's just put that way and yeah, no, no, and I
apologize if I messed up thatname too, because no, okay ebhp.
Um, I'll send it to you later,but yeah, that's perfect, it's a
great, it's a great resourceand they have a ton of visuals
for for whatever you needscooters, parachutes, everything
so oh, awesome, yeah, I'll haveto check that out.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
And aside on about webster here's the problem with
webster.
There's no problem with webster, it's just for well.
The thing is they don't.
That company didn't make himvery good.
Well, the quality wasn't verygood and so, um, he was, for
they discontinued him and sohe's been hard to find.
So every time he when I say he,uh, my version of him, I guess,
um, he loses air very fast, andso I've done patch jobs on him,
(04:58):
on multiple versions of him,and it's been really difficult.
And finally, on ebay, I foundtwo more like, so I was going to
phase him out, almost.
And I found two more recentlylike it just popped up on ebay.
I'm like, oh, it grabbed himright away and so I started him
up, because I I just introducedhim to kindergartners not that
long ago and they just love him.
I mean, it's, he's any.
It's funny again, this isn't auh, a webster podcast, I guess,
(05:22):
but but just having him teach,no, I know.
But I have him.
Do like, I do what's calledMatch Me, so I'll have.
You know, he's out like thisand I'll have him.
Okay, everybody match Websterand they'll put their arms out.
You know, go like this, this,and I know he can, like you know
, make different things andthey'll match him and we have
him do funny skits and thingslike that.
And we have them do funny skitsand things like that.
And especially when I had myformer paras at my old school
(05:45):
because he's the one, my oneformer para he brought Webster
to my attention at a sports campwe were doing and I'm like, oh,
we got to bring him to PE andso that is cool, yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Yeah, I never saw the origin story for him.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, that's Webster's origin story.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
As far as bikes go.
I just was.
I had done a few differentgrants at Algonquin my two
through six building and I waslike man, what can I do over
there that can be effective forthe kindergarten first grade
population?
And I just started looking atthings online and ran into this
all kids bike and it's anonprofit Um, and they arranged
(06:34):
through um Strider.
They've got those bikes, theones that you sit, you sit on
and push with your feet and uh,so for four weeks you do that
and then you just put pedal.
They have pedal kits.
You put the pedal kits on themand you don't even address them,
you just put them on there andthey just start picking up on it
(06:57):
and it's just amazing to watch.
And then the kid that's reallynever been able to ride a bike,
to watch them when they figureit out.
I mean it's incredible and theylove it.
I mean you know, and the firstgraders are, hey, are we riding
bikes?
No, that's a kindergartenprogram, you guys are riding
bikes at home.
But I really like that and I'dlove to be able, because we also
(07:22):
have a bike path that is on ourproperty.
And then I told you we have atrail system too, and so I'd
love to be able to figure outhow, you know, first I need to
get an outbuilding, but I'd loveto be able to just have the
kids be able to bike.
We can go for a bike ride, forclass, and just drive through
(07:43):
the trails and on the bike trailand and then eventually, you
know, do it as a reward systemand go to our state park has a
really nice bike path andthrough there, um, with
kindergarten, no heck no withthe older kids.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Okay, okay, all right , I just.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I would like to evolve it further.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
I gotcha, where, um, where do you get the bikes from?
Again, like how do they bringthem to you, or no?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
all kids bike?
Yeah, they.
They ship them to us now.
Um, they can help you or theycan put you in touch with people
that donate a lot of money.
At that point they hadexhausted all their resources
and had no money available.
And I was talking to myprincipal about it.
(08:27):
And our PTO does an amazing jobraising money.
They do this Glowdash thing Idon't, it's a whole, it's all
done by email.
And they raised $50,000 in oneyear.
This glow dash thing I don't,it's a whole, it's all done by
email.
And and and uh, they raised$50,000 in one year.
And my principal had mentionedto the president that I wanted
to start a bike program and andshe said, tell them to present
(08:48):
it at one of our meetings.
I presented.
At the meeting they gave me$6,000 and I got 30 bikes, 30
helmets, 30 pedal kits.
That's great.
And this year I'm using thesixth grade leadership class so
that because I'll walk over frommill side, because I like to do
it inside, because if I get badweather and then I have to move
(09:09):
those bikes into my gym and I'musing them outside on the
gravel you know I'm going togoof up my gym floor so I do it
completely inside, so I walkover from millside with them.
The sixth graders will haveeverything ready and be fitting
them as soon as they walkthrough the door, and it'll just
be a little more efficient.
(09:30):
That's great, yeah try and get30 kindergartners on it on
little bikes by yourself yeah,exactly, well, we had.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
I know I've told you we had a program, that it was.
I believe it was a, I think itwas a state program.
But, um, I took a one-day class, um, just teaching, well, you
know, as an instructor, taking afew people around on bikes and
just going over all the safetythings and all the rules of the
road and all stuff, and thenthen we would get a bike trailer
for two weeks and we'd havekids on our.
(10:00):
Well, I had two things I had anobstacle course on our
basketball courts, cause we hada couple of basketball courts
together and they we had signs,you know they have to stop at
the stop sign and get up as well.
They have to signal and theyhave to do all this.
They have to signal and theyhave to do all this, all this
stuff, and then once they kindof pass that, uh, not not really
test, but kind of they can goon the big, like it's our, it's
(10:20):
our bus ramp is right there, sothey can go on the bus ramp and
that's, and actually, let's seethe bus ramp.
There was, I think, like onefifth of a mile, so five laps is
a mile, Okay, so, but they cango on there and they had
scooters too.
So it was.
It was great.
We actually dealt with theolder boys and girls third,
fourth and fifth but I like howyou, I like how you're teaching
kindergarten.
Uh, that's great, Cause that'sagain, these are, these are life
(10:42):
skills fishing.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I'm not a.
I'm not a big fisherman, I'mgames like capture the flag and
you call, you, put a hula hoopon each end and that's the jail.
Oh, this is my soapbox moment.
This is the only one I reallyhave.
We got to stop using the wordjail, um for things.
Um, I guarantee you your kidsknow somebody who one of your
(11:15):
students has a family member, orsomebody who they know who's in
the real jail.
And every time we play gamesthat have a jail, well, we're
just right.
We're poking one of our students.
We're not doing it on purpose,but we're poking them so and I
used to do it, I used to call itjail.
So you know I'm not holier thaneverybody else, but now I call
(11:40):
it quicksand.
It the same thing.
It's a place you're stuck, youcan't get out of it.
And how do you always get outof jail and capture the flag
teammate comes, gets you out, oryou do a jail break, which is a
felony, you know, but we dothat.
So I like quicksand.
That's right.
You get out of quicksand.
Every cartoon I've seen.
I've never seen quicksand inreal life.
But you know, someone throwsyour rope or they throw you a
snake, and you know, and youpretend it's a rope, but Indiana
Jones, cause he's scared ofsnakes and then they pull you
out of the quicksand.
So a helping hand takes you outof the quicksand.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
And honestly for me and it just kind of like speaks
to like, like, what kind of likeperson like and what kind of
T-fizzing teacher I am because,like, I just like to play.
I know, and bowling is greatbecause you have, like you can
go for awards and trophies, youcan go for like accolades.
I'm not going to say I'm notgoing to it's.
It's cool to say I'm in thehall of fame, I'm a professional
, but even though I haven't gonebowling in like six months, but
(12:27):
I've taught bowling and I onetime did a PD and a Brooklyn
high school and the hallwaythere's, I mean there's the
Bowler's Ed, which I'm aBowler's Ed specialist.
So I have to give a shout outto and it's really the kind of
thing where it's like arestudents going to be entertained
(12:48):
for a long time?
They will Like, if you havekids, if you have students, be
like a pin setter and like keepscore.
It's great for small groupsbecause they can, you can
differentiate.
Do they take one step?
Do they take four step?
Do they take four steps?
Now, even days like, I've hadstudents, you know, back in the
day, you remember you would seea student hold one hand and they
(13:09):
kind of like they don't reallyput their hand in it, like they
just kind of like use two hands,like that's some of the best
bowls in the world.
And I'm like, so what if youget invited to a bowling party,
a birthday party, like now youknow what to do.
So I think that's also a partof like physical literacy and
phys ed, that a bowling is agood example of that too Not the
(13:30):
only example, but it's also agood one to kind of like help
roll that out.
No pun intended.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
I guess for me it has become experiences and I think
that's the kids getting excitedcoming out today Like I don't
know what amazing race challengewe're going to have today, like
it might be a really supertough one.
Sometimes they don't love it,you know what I mean, yeah, but
I think at the end of the daythey, they, they appreciate even
in the moment they're notenjoying.
Looking for those three packingpeanuts and it's a little windy
(14:00):
, you know what I mean andthey're kind of blowing.
It's like okay, you got a 30second break timeout, like those
peanuts hit the ground and youknow that kind of thing.
So that's that's becomeexciting, to get those things
planned out for the kids.
And when I go over some of theinstructions and I just see the
looks on the faces and they'restarting to think and how can we
get this done?
I mean that's, that's becomethe big thing.
So I think for me it has becomelike the experiences.
(14:21):
But it didn't happen like thatovernight, you know what I mean,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Well, I didn't mean to steal your answer, but it
sounds like it sounds like againwe're on the same page with
that stuff.
You know I I have students thatyou know I'll see.
I work at the, the local arena,so I'll see him in a hockey
game or something or a concert,and they're in, you know, high
school or college now and Iactually have students that are
way older than that, but theseare the ones I see and they'll
be like oh man, I remember that.
(14:46):
You know, again that shoot balltournament and again they're
not gonna remember.
I say this all the time and Ifeel like a broken record, but
they're not gonna remember.
If you teach, I mean it's agood thing you teach them the,
the parts of the body or thethis and that, but they're going
to remember your touch footballunit.
They're going to remember youramazing race.
Speaker 6 (15:03):
They're going to remember that kind of stuff and
that's, and how much they lovedpe you know, one thing that you
know in my class, as a classculture that I have, is kids are
basically running their own peclass here.
They set up the equipment, theyset up the volleyball nets,
(15:25):
they get the equipment out, theyknow how to open up the bins,
they know how to put equipmentaway, they take care of the
equipment as well and they justgo and it's like magic, magic as
(15:48):
part of our class culture.
Students are definitelyexpected to.
You know, set up for their own.
You know game or sport thatthey're doing right, and what
really helps in the classroom isthat I'm already visualizing,
you know, visually, likeexplaining and demonstrating to
them, like how I want the setupto be right.
Okay, well, we're playing flagfootball, right, we'll see that
other cones are going to be onthe sidelines and then make sure
that you put these specialcones for the end zones, you
(16:12):
know?
And or they're playing all to afrisbee, okay, well, you know,
get the frisbees out so you canstart warming up.
This is my expectation.
In three minutes, I would liketo see all of you guys warming
up by throwing and cashing afrisbee with a partner.
Uh, so it's so beautiful thatthe kids just go out, they
transition out, and I'm gettingmy hat, I'm already putting some
(16:34):
you know sunblock, I'm gettinga drink of water, right, and
then by the time I get out andthe kids are already like
practicing, right, uh, and it's,and, and of course, I mean
you're gonna see, you know someum, you know hiccups here and
there.
Speaker 7 (16:51):
You know, some kids are probably going to be doing
something else, but you know, ifI see, if I don't see a hundred
percent from them, all right,let's go back to the classroom
and let's go over myexpectations again I mean toss
three is a really quick, easygame that I do which is just um
and I use like gator skin ball,I like little fluff yarn balls,
(17:15):
I've used um wiffle balls,sometimes tennis balls, and
basically it's find a partner.
You.
You work on three throws andcatches.
Now it's the odd number threebecause somebody you know,
somebody ends up with the ball,somebody doesn't.
So the person with the ball hasto walk around looking for a new
partner that doesn't have aball.
The person that doesn't, thatends up without the ball, has to
walk around looking forsomebody with a ball.
(17:36):
So yeah, they're working onthrowing and catching.
Yeah, they're working on kindof meeting new people or, if
it's later in the year, findingnew friends to work with.
And it's a quick littlethrowing and catching game.
I don't need a lot of space forit.
If I have a bag of Gatorskinballs, which are usually pretty
close because I use them so much, it's a quick game I can set up
(17:57):
.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
So, yes, I'd love to.
I really would love to see theBills and the Lions in the Super
Bowl, because neither of ushave won it.
You've never been there, yourteam's never been there.
Of course, mine lost four in arow, so that was wonderful.
So that would guarantee thatsomebody would take home the
prize and it wouldn't be KansasCity.
(18:24):
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(19:05):
Thank you.
Hello and welcome to the Super Satisfys Ad Podcast.
My name is Dave and today Iwant to do kind of a best of
episode or better yet, I likethe name Frankenstein episode,
where I take little clips, funnyclips and really good,
insightful clips from myprevious guests in the recent
(00:31):
couple months and I put themtogether in a nice little
compilation.
So I hope you enjoy this, theFrankenstein episode.
Without further ado, here we go.
(00:55):
There is one thing that I'm notas, and it's I'm only bringing
this up because, again, I justhad an interview, this this
earlier today, and I um, so I'mgoing to be a little bit
opposite on you on this one, andit's not not a bad thing, I'm
just saying it's.
So, if anything is a bad thingon my part, I don't feel like
I'm, uh, I'm, I'm not the bestat okay, I put out probably 300
(01:16):
podcasts or right around there,and you're not gonna hear me
talk about standards a lot,because I'm not the best at just
being strictly on the standards.
I do cover the standards, but Ialso, you know, I'm not like I
and I it sounds like you are,and that's a good thing I just
don't get it.
In my opinion.
I don't feel like I have timeto and I've moving parts.
(01:39):
I've like this this pair isdoing this game over here, I'm
doing this over here, this guy'sdoing this over here, this para
is coach, and maybe it's anorganizational thing on my part,
but how?
How do you incorporatestandards as well as you do?
I guess is is.
My question is I'm not thegreat, I'm not very good at it,
I'm just going to admit it.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
Let me.
Let me start by saying that Imean you know, first of all, I
never judge someone else's wherethey're at in any detail.
I think it's an Indian, nativeAmerican proverb till I walk a
mile in their shoes.
So I don't know your situations.
Your perspective and yourdemographics are probably
different than mine.
But to answer your question, Itry to do a decent job planning
(02:22):
ahead of time.
So I know what's happening inSeptember, october, november and
I make slide decks foreverything.
And this is what I was talkingabout earlier, where I learned
to become organized and I kindof document my document.
So all my standards are alreadythere on my lessons on my
slides.
So it's really not that hard totake that information and write
(02:43):
it on the whiteboard or makethose standards known.
And they all look prettysimilar.
As you know, the standardschanged recently the Shape
America and plus we have our ownstate standards frameworks, we
have the MAPS framework.
So what I do is I just take Ithink I alluded to it earlier
what are the top 10 things Iwant them to learn by the end of
(03:03):
the year?
There's a lot more than 10standards there.
We have the four shape americaones, but there's other.
You know the indicators rightso they can't learn everything
like I have.
Some I have, and there's agreat um.
There's actually a greatspreadsheet that I got.
I gotta give a shout out to um,cbhpe.
Here's another resource if youdon't have it chromebooks build
health and collaboration.
(03:24):
Um, um, oh, hold on.
Collaboration, collaborationbuilds health, something along
those lines.
It's a website, cbhp you cansend it to me after yeah, I'll
send it to you.
This is where I got this, this,this template, from, and it's
really great because it talksabout the standards, what's
what's happening currently inthe program and what you would
(03:45):
like, how you would add thestandard, depending on what unit
you're teaching.
So it really has developed aframework so that I utilize that
.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
So I love it.
Yeah, because I'm again, it'smy weakness, it's not so I'm
really.
Yeah, I love that.
Your answer could help me.
So I'm trying to say becauseorganization, like you said,
you're, you're getting better atI'm I'm not saying I'm not
organized at all.
I I am, but well, I could bebetter.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
Let's just put that way and yeah, no, no, and I
apologize if I messed up thatname too, because no, okay ebhp.
Um, I'll send it to you later,but yeah, that's perfect, it's a
great, it's a great resourceand they have a ton of visuals
for for whatever you needscooters, parachutes, everything
so oh, awesome, yeah, I'll haveto check that out.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
And aside on about webster here's the problem with
webster.
There's no problem with webster, it's just for well.
The thing is they don't.
That company didn't make himvery good.
Well, the quality wasn't verygood and so, um, he was, for
they discontinued him and sohe's been hard to find.
So every time he when I say he,uh, my version of him, I guess,
um, he loses air very fast, andso I've done patch jobs on him,
(04:58):
on multiple versions of him,and it's been really difficult.
And finally, on ebay, I foundtwo more like, so I was going to
phase him out, almost.
And I found two more recentlylike it just popped up on ebay.
I'm like, oh, it grabbed himright away and so I started him
up, because I I just introducedhim to kindergartners not that
long ago and they just love him.
I mean, it's, he's any.
It's funny again, this isn't auh, a webster podcast, I guess,
(05:22):
but but just having him teach,no, I know.
But I have him.
Do like, I do what's calledMatch Me, so I'll have.
You know, he's out like thisand I'll have him.
Okay, everybody match Websterand they'll put their arms out.
You know, go like this, this,and I know he can, like you know
, make different things andthey'll match him and we have
him do funny skits and thingslike that.
And we have them do funny skitsand things like that.
And especially when I had myformer paras at my old school
(05:45):
because he's the one, my oneformer para he brought Webster
to my attention at a sports campwe were doing and I'm like, oh,
we got to bring him to PE andso that is cool, yeah.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
Yeah, I never saw the origin story for him.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
Yeah, that's Webster's origin story.
Speaker 5 (06:11):
As far as bikes go.
I just was.
I had done a few differentgrants at Algonquin my two
through six building and I waslike man, what can I do over
there that can be effective forthe kindergarten first grade
population?
And I just started looking atthings online and ran into this
all kids bike and it's anonprofit Um, and they arranged
(06:34):
through um Strider.
They've got those bikes, theones that you sit, you sit on
and push with your feet and uh,so for four weeks you do that
and then you just put pedal.
They have pedal kits.
You put the pedal kits on themand you don't even address them,
you just put them on there andthey just start picking up on it
(06:57):
and it's just amazing to watch.
And then the kid that's reallynever been able to ride a bike,
to watch them when they figureit out.
I mean it's incredible and theylove it.
I mean you know, and the firstgraders are, hey, are we riding
bikes?
No, that's a kindergartenprogram, you guys are riding
bikes at home.
But I really like that and I'dlove to be able, because we also
(07:22):
have a bike path that is on ourproperty.
And then I told you we have atrail system too, and so I'd
love to be able to figure outhow, you know, first I need to
get an outbuilding, but I'd loveto be able to just have the
kids be able to bike.
We can go for a bike ride, forclass, and just drive through
(07:43):
the trails and on the bike trailand and then eventually, you
know, do it as a reward systemand go to our state park has a
really nice bike path andthrough there, um, with
kindergarten, no heck no withthe older kids.
Speaker 1 (07:57):
Okay, okay, all right , I just.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
I would like to evolve it further.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
I gotcha, where, um, where do you get the bikes from?
Again, like how do they bringthem to you, or no?
Speaker 5 (08:06):
all kids bike?
Yeah, they.
They ship them to us now.
Um, they can help you or theycan put you in touch with people
that donate a lot of money.
At that point they hadexhausted all their resources
and had no money available.
And I was talking to myprincipal about it.
(08:27):
And our PTO does an amazing jobraising money.
They do this Glowdash thing Idon't, it's a whole, it's all
done by email.
And they raised $50,000 in oneyear.
This glow dash thing I don't,it's a whole, it's all done by
email.
And and and uh, they raised$50,000 in one year.
And my principal had mentionedto the president that I wanted
to start a bike program and andshe said, tell them to present
(08:48):
it at one of our meetings.
I presented.
At the meeting they gave me$6,000 and I got 30 bikes, 30
helmets, 30 pedal kits.
That's great.
And this year I'm using thesixth grade leadership class so
that because I'll walk over frommill side, because I like to do
it inside, because if I get badweather and then I have to move
(09:09):
those bikes into my gym and I'musing them outside on the
gravel you know I'm going togoof up my gym floor so I do it
completely inside, so I walkover from millside with them.
The sixth graders will haveeverything ready and be fitting
them as soon as they walkthrough the door, and it'll just
be a little more efficient.
(09:30):
That's great, yeah try and get30 kindergartners on it on
little bikes by yourself yeah,exactly, well, we had.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
I know I've told you we had a program, that it was.
I believe it was a, I think itwas a state program.
But, um, I took a one-day class, um, just teaching, well, you
know, as an instructor, taking afew people around on bikes and
just going over all the safetythings and all the rules of the
road and all stuff, and thenthen we would get a bike trailer
for two weeks and we'd havekids on our.
(10:00):
Well, I had two things I had anobstacle course on our
basketball courts, cause we hada couple of basketball courts
together and they we had signs,you know they have to stop at
the stop sign and get up as well.
They have to signal and theyhave to do all this.
They have to signal and theyhave to do all this, all this
stuff, and then once they kindof pass that, uh, not not really
test, but kind of they can goon the big, like it's our, it's
(10:20):
our bus ramp is right there, sothey can go on the bus ramp and
that's, and actually, let's seethe bus ramp.
There was, I think, like onefifth of a mile, so five laps is
a mile, Okay, so, but they cango on there and they had
scooters too.
So it was.
It was great.
We actually dealt with theolder boys and girls third,
fourth and fifth but I like howyou, I like how you're teaching
kindergarten.
Uh, that's great, Cause that'sagain, these are, these are life
(10:42):
skills fishing.
Speaker 4 (10:52):
I'm not a.
I'm not a big fisherman, I'mgames like capture the flag and
you call, you, put a hula hoopon each end and that's the jail.
Oh, this is my soapbox moment.
This is the only one I reallyhave.
We got to stop using the wordjail, um for things.
Um, I guarantee you your kidsknow somebody who one of your
(11:15):
students has a family member, orsomebody who they know who's in
the real jail.
And every time we play gamesthat have a jail, well, we're
just right.
We're poking one of our students.
We're not doing it on purpose,but we're poking them so and I
used to do it, I used to call itjail.
So you know I'm not holier thaneverybody else, but now I call
(11:40):
it quicksand.
It the same thing.
It's a place you're stuck, youcan't get out of it.
And how do you always get outof jail and capture the flag
teammate comes, gets you out, oryou do a jail break, which is a
felony, you know, but we dothat.
So I like quicksand.
That's right.
You get out of quicksand.
Every cartoon I've seen.
I've never seen quicksand inreal life.
But you know, someone throwsyour rope or they throw you a
snake, and you know, and youpretend it's a rope, but Indiana
Jones, cause he's scared ofsnakes and then they pull you
out of the quicksand.
So a helping hand takes you outof the quicksand.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
And honestly for me and it just kind of like speaks
to like, like, what kind of likeperson like and what kind of
T-fizzing teacher I am because,like, I just like to play.
I know, and bowling is greatbecause you have, like you can
go for awards and trophies, youcan go for like accolades.
I'm not going to say I'm notgoing to it's.
It's cool to say I'm in thehall of fame, I'm a professional
, but even though I haven't gonebowling in like six months, but
(12:27):
I've taught bowling and I onetime did a PD and a Brooklyn
high school and the hallwaythere's, I mean there's the
Bowler's Ed, which I'm aBowler's Ed specialist.
So I have to give a shout outto and it's really the kind of
thing where it's like arestudents going to be entertained
(12:48):
for a long time?
They will Like, if you havekids, if you have students, be
like a pin setter and like keepscore.
It's great for small groupsbecause they can, you can
differentiate.
Do they take one step?
Do they take four step?
Do they take four steps?
Now, even days like, I've hadstudents, you know, back in the
day, you remember you would seea student hold one hand and they
(13:09):
kind of like they don't reallyput their hand in it, like they
just kind of like use two hands,like that's some of the best
bowls in the world.
And I'm like, so what if youget invited to a bowling party,
a birthday party, like now youknow what to do.
So I think that's also a partof like physical literacy and
phys ed, that a bowling is agood example of that too Not the
(13:30):
only example, but it's also agood one to kind of like help
roll that out.
No pun intended.
Speaker 7 (13:39):
I guess for me it has become experiences and I think
that's the kids getting excitedcoming out today Like I don't
know what amazing race challengewe're going to have today, like
it might be a really supertough one.
Sometimes they don't love it,you know what I mean, yeah, but
I think at the end of the daythey, they, they appreciate even
in the moment they're notenjoying.
Looking for those three packingpeanuts and it's a little windy
(14:00):
, you know what I mean andthey're kind of blowing.
It's like okay, you got a 30second break timeout, like those
peanuts hit the ground and youknow that kind of thing.
So that's that's becomeexciting, to get those things
planned out for the kids.
And when I go over some of theinstructions and I just see the
looks on the faces and they'restarting to think and how can we
get this done?
I mean that's, that's becomethe big thing.
So I think for me it has becomelike the experiences.
(14:21):
But it didn't happen like thatovernight, you know what I mean,
yeah.
Speaker 1 (14:25):
Well, I didn't mean to steal your answer, but it
sounds like it sounds like againwe're on the same page with
that stuff.
You know I I have students thatyou know I'll see.
I work at the, the local arena,so I'll see him in a hockey
game or something or a concert,and they're in, you know, high
school or college now and Iactually have students that are
way older than that, but theseare the ones I see and they'll
be like oh man, I remember that.
(14:46):
You know, again that shoot balltournament and again they're
not gonna remember.
I say this all the time and Ifeel like a broken record, but
they're not gonna remember.
If you teach, I mean it's agood thing you teach them the,
the parts of the body or thethis and that, but they're going
to remember your touch footballunit.
They're going to remember youramazing race.
Speaker 6 (15:03):
They're going to remember that kind of stuff and
that's, and how much they lovedpe you know, one thing that you
know in my class, as a classculture that I have, is kids are
basically running their own peclass here.
They set up the equipment, theyset up the volleyball nets,
(15:25):
they get the equipment out, theyknow how to open up the bins,
they know how to put equipmentaway, they take care of the
equipment as well and they justgo and it's like magic, magic as
(15:48):
part of our class culture.
Students are definitelyexpected to.
You know, set up for their own.
You know game or sport thatthey're doing right, and what
really helps in the classroom isthat I'm already visualizing,
you know, visually, likeexplaining and demonstrating to
them, like how I want the setupto be right.
Okay, well, we're playing flagfootball, right, we'll see that
other cones are going to be onthe sidelines and then make sure
that you put these specialcones for the end zones, you
(16:12):
know?
And or they're playing all to afrisbee, okay, well, you know,
get the frisbees out so you canstart warming up.
This is my expectation.
In three minutes, I would liketo see all of you guys warming
up by throwing and cashing afrisbee with a partner.
Uh, so it's so beautiful thatthe kids just go out, they
transition out, and I'm gettingmy hat, I'm already putting some
(16:34):
you know sunblock, I'm gettinga drink of water, right, and
then by the time I get out andthe kids are already like
practicing, right, uh, and it's,and, and of course, I mean
you're gonna see, you know someum, you know hiccups here and
there.
Speaker 7 (16:51):
You know, some kids are probably going to be doing
something else, but you know, ifI see, if I don't see a hundred
percent from them, all right,let's go back to the classroom
and let's go over myexpectations again I mean toss
three is a really quick, easygame that I do which is just um
and I use like gator skin ball,I like little fluff yarn balls,
(17:15):
I've used um wiffle balls,sometimes tennis balls, and
basically it's find a partner.
You.
You work on three throws andcatches.
Now it's the odd number threebecause somebody you know,
somebody ends up with the ball,somebody doesn't.
So the person with the ball hasto walk around looking for a new
partner that doesn't have aball.
The person that doesn't, thatends up without the ball, has to
walk around looking forsomebody with a ball.
(17:36):
So yeah, they're working onthrowing and catching.
Yeah, they're working on kindof meeting new people or, if
it's later in the year, findingnew friends to work with.
And it's a quick littlethrowing and catching game.
I don't need a lot of space forit.
If I have a bag of Gatorskinballs, which are usually pretty
close because I use them so much, it's a quick game I can set up
(17:57):
.
Speaker 1 (18:01):
So, yes, I'd love to.
I really would love to see theBills and the Lions in the Super
Bowl, because neither of ushave won it.
You've never been there, yourteam's never been there.
Of course, mine lost four in arow, so that was wonderful.
So that would guarantee thatsomebody would take home the
prize and it wouldn't be KansasCity.
(18:24):
Thank you everybody for tuningin today.
I really do appreciate it, asalways.
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(19:05):
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