Physical Education and Health

ASing Beauty

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:05:53 GMT

(* Please also see ASing Body Image *)

Topic to discuss how to discuss, innoculate, enhance, frame, ... beauty

Competitive sports questions

feeds@yuku.com (Ann) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:40:06 GMT

How important are competitive sports to everyone here? (team or individual as long as there is a competitive aspect, and is not done just for exercise and enjoyment)
At what age did you know that your child was either going to play competitive sports, or that it wasn't his or her "thing"?
When do you think parents should call it a day on competitive sports if the child isn't showing interest or ability?
If your children do...

Teeth

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:57:50 GMT

Location to keep teeth information for the kiddies

ASing Body Image

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 09:51:33 GMT

(* Please also see ASing Beauty *)

This topic deals with discussing (especially, but not exclusively girls') body image, framing eating and exercise and attractiveness.

This topic is related to other topics on this site, including:

- How to AS overeating

- Explaining Nutrition...

Nippers/Junior Surf LifeSaving

feeds@yuku.com (monique) — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:37:10 GMT

DD just started Nippers or Jnr surf life saving

http://www.slsa.com.au/default.aspx?s=membernippers

http://www.nthcurlcurlslsc.com.au/our_club.php

This weeked she did a 200m beach...

rollerblading

feeds@yuku.com (monique) — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:12:12 GMT

DD 7.11 learnt to rollerblade at a friend's house today. She ahd never done it before and was going well when I got there.
Apparently she told the other mother that her mother(ie me) said "You can't learn to do new things without falling, so don't worry if I fall." and off she went. (I had told her that when we went ice-skating...ie you have to let go of the edge and probably fall a few times to learn... and also to explain why she isn't much of a bike...

Afterschooling Topic of the day: What are your plans for summer exercise?

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:11:41 GMT

TIME Magazine has an eight article spread on "What's Really Making America's Children Fat?" this got me to thinking about summer exercise. I could not convince DS to do track and field this summer. After a miserable year at school (according to DS), he really wants home time so he has said NO to any activity I've proposed if it involves leaving the house. I need to schedule exercise into everyday. WHen I was a kid, we rode our bikes ALL day long. B/c we were out riding,...

Safety Academy

feeds@yuku.com (katfam) — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:51:34 GMT

J got his acceptance letter yesterday for Youth Safety Academy this summer. We are really excited. It is a one week camp run by the Sheriff's department.

During each week, local police officers, firefighters and EMT's work with the cadets to show them the importance of public safety; how to act in the event of a fire or an emergency situation; and the role they can play in making their homes, schools and communities safer.

Activities each week...

lacrosse

feeds@yuku.com (DeepinTxs) — Thu, 08 May 2008 10:39:05 GMT
DD 8 is participating in her first organized team sport this spring. She is playing on a local lacrosse team. She'd never touched a stick before signing up and her father and I have no experience with it at all. Around here at least it doesn't seem to be a sport that they start until they are 7 or so. That worked well for us because it meant that there were a number of novices on the team and they teach them how to play from the ground up. The teams cross grade levels, so there...

Book: Spark. The revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:03:46 GMT
I'm currently reading Spark: the revolutionary new science of exercise and the brain by Dr. John Ratey. He also wrote "Driven to Distraction" a book on ADHD. I'm only in the early chapters of the book. The first chapter deals w/ the school which pioneered a new fitness program. He also...

Recreational Track and Field

feeds@yuku.com (bree1970) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:00:49 GMT
DS 7.7 started in our town's recreational track and field program last week. It's the first year they have had it and since my good friend's husband is the coach, we signed up. The first practice went very well. There are about 20 kids ranging from ages 7 to 11, girls and boys, from both sides of town, which is kind of nice. (Most of the other rec sports group kids into teams on their respective sides of the town, which is quite large).

The coach is very...

Life jackets at the pool

feeds@yuku.com (talexand) — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:57:44 GMT
I'm wondering if this is an Oregon thing, a west coast thing, or everywhere. At our pool they provide life jackets for all non-swimmers. They have a rack of about 100 jackets I would guess.The jackets aren't required unless a non swimmer wants to go down the big water slide (still with an adult). But almost all children under 6 or so wear them. We don't have an exclusively shallow water pool.The warm water pool has a large shallow section but also goes to 4ft. Children under 6 are...

Support for Very Sick Children

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:06:15 GMT
Not sure where to put this topic, but wanted to start a resource list of things that might help very sick children.

A child on our street is going through intensive chemo and radiation. The parents signed him up for these "Care Pages" which I just love! They post every week or so to let people all over know how he's doing -- in detail, and...

Dealing with low pain tolerance

feeds@yuku.com (captuhura) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:27:06 GMT
My DS7 has ZERO pain tolerance. I can't tell if he just fakes it for attention ... which we try to remain neutral. Oh you have a cut? Let me get the microscope so I can see it. He will then nurse that cut for hours. He seems genuinely to be bothered by it. He also seems to have a heightened since of taste and smell. He walked into the house and declared we were having taco shells for dinner. He can taste when DH uses a different spice. He also commented that the veges we were eating must be...

Dirt Trail Mountain Bike Riding

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:46:12 GMT
This topic is to talk about taking your child on tougher routes and getting them confident in difficult mountain biking situations.

Trying out different gyms...

feeds@yuku.com (curlyQ) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:46:46 GMT
Issy's really into gymnastics right now and it's what she wants to do. So instead of plunking her into the first gym we found, we're trying 3. I cannot believe the differences!

Gym 1: There were about 9 girls and they were in two groups with a coach to each group. The coaches were youngish and bubbly. The class was about 10 minutes of stretching and then 40 minutes of obstacle coursing in various parts of the gym. So they had a beam, vault, bar obstacle course, then a multiple bar...

Sneaking in vegetables

feeds@yuku.com (sharonr899) — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:27:46 GMT
In all probability none of you have as picky an eater as I do, but I thought I would share what I'm doing to try to get some vegetables in my incredibly picky eater.

He does like pumpkin pie and will usually eat Boston Market sweet potatoes, so that's good. He'll now eat one bite of corn, peas and broccoli (!) That is huge progress here (The broccoli happened...

Extracurricular: Girls on the Run

feeds@yuku.com (sharonr899) — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:48:08 GMT
DD8 is going to do Girls on the Run this year. GotR is a program for 3-5 grade girls that combines a curriculum with physical activities while the girls train to run a 5K. The curriculum focuses on self-image and body image. Since we like curriculum here, I'll link to the national website's curriculum page

How to AS Overeating?

feeds@yuku.com (denpratt) — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:22:30 GMT
(* This topic is a break out of the ASing eating topic. *)

Grooming

feeds@yuku.com (carolpratt) — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:23:28 GMT
I thought there was a thread on this, but couldn't find it. This thread is to discuss issues of grooming and self-care.