Name: CHEC Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference
Start: 2025-06-12T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-06-14T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Denver, CO

Tagged: PE

This topic has 8 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by ReneeS.

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May 15, 2015 at 10:33 am
ReneeS
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I am trying to plan for this next year and am stumped as to what to do for Health.Phys Ed. I am planning on putting dd in dance, that will be 1 time per week for about 30-45 minutes, I don’t believe that is enough. So do any of you add more, do special programs in your area or just go with outdoor time as p.e. time? Like I said I am lost in this area. And what do you do for Health part of it? DD will be in 1st so is this just parts of the body, safety of others type of thing??
May 15, 2015 at 10:45 am
Karen
Participant
For health, we just talk about eating healthy, discuss diseases, etc., all as part of our lives. This year, we learned about the human body (AiG’s God’s Design for Life was our science this year), so we did go into more detail than most years. Really, I think we talk about “health” enough just in living. (“No, you can’t have more candy!” and “Eating chewy candy is worse than eating chocolate, according to the dentist.” and “The doctor said you need to play in the sunshine.” or whatever.)
For P.E., I just tell them to go play. My girls are young (10, 9, 7, 5) so playing outside means riding bikes, climbing trees, chasing each other, throwing things for the dogs, etc. During the school year (public school), our church has an organized gym time for the kids one hour each week. It’s not a lot – but it’s about the same as the public school kids get…..maybe even more time per week. (Around here, public schools do a 6-day rotation, with gym, music, art, etc. being rotated in a 6-day cycle. So there are weeks where the public school kids don’t get gym class. And I can hardly believe that in elem. school gym is a full hour long.)
In short, phys.ed and health are the least of my worries! *L* (I guess it doesn’t help that I HATED gym class in public school and that I did everything and anything I could to get out of gym class. Even now, I hate getting sweaty! Give me a book or a board game instead! *L*)
May 15, 2015 at 1:20 pm
Sue
Participant
In spring/summer/autumn, we walk or hike in a wooded park (about 15-20 minutes away by car) at least once every two weeks, walk and/or swing and/or play hide-n-seek in the dark on the big playground at least once a week (about 10 minutes away by car)…..and that is a favorite place even though my kids are 14, 15, & 17…..some of the kids ride bikes at least once a week, or they take 20- to 30-minute walks around their dad’s neighborhood (can’t do it in our neighborhood since we practically live in “the ‘hood”), we swim at local rec centers (for free in our city) about once a week, and both of my daughters like to exercise at home at least twice a week (one of them does that 3-4 times per week).
During the school year, my younger daughter was taking a dodgeball class every other week and a ballroom dance class weekly. The other does not like most athletic things, but she does occasionally exercise, and she willingly swims and walks. They also take turns mowing the lawn and doing other yardwork.
In the wintertime, I’d say most of our p.e. comes from shoveling snow by hand, although there is still dancing and dodgeball.
May 15, 2015 at 1:29 pm
HollyS
Participant
We don’t use anything official for health. We have daily discussions of what we are eating and making good choices. We also discuss safety issues as they come up. Currently, we are doing a science study of the human body (using 106 Days of Creation). Earlier this year, our habit was cleanliness and I focused on dental health, brushing, flossing, rinsing, etc.
For PE, we’ve done some community sports (baseball/softball, gymnastics, swimming lessons, etc.). We haven’t starting anything since our move this winter. They play outside frequently. Before we moved, they constantly rode their bikes, but unfortunately there is no where for them to safely bike. We have Family Time Fitness and I like to use it in the winter when it’s harder to get outside. We also do some similar exercises in between lessons. A few jumping jacks or planks get them re-focused on their lessons.
May 15, 2015 at 3:32 pm
Wings2fly
Participant
For health, we have used Prudence and the Millers by Mildred A. Martin, R & S health for grade 2, & picture books on nutrition, like fruits and vegetables and the food pyramid. At fourth grade and up, A Beka health text as independent reading, with oral narrations only. And we discuss topics that come up.
PE is play or going to a park. We have not done anything formal for this yet.

May 15, 2015 at 4:59 pm
retrofam
Participant
I use R &S health 4, and other informal teaching as it comes up.
For PE years ago we scheduled two evenings a week for PE, most of the time with Dad only, because it is not my favorite. We did 20 minutes when they were younger, and 40 mins. later. It was multipurpose- for exercise, to learn teamwork and games, and to spend time playing with Dad. We still do this today. Favorites are kickball and soccer. Neighbors join us sometimes.
In the winter we do exercises, Simon Says, timed obstacle courses, and four square in our playroom.
May 15, 2015 at 5:01 pm
Melanie32
Participant
We have always taken daily walks and talked about eating healthy and exercising. We read Prudence & the Millers when my kids were little as well.

May 16, 2015 at 12:10 pm
Melissa
Participant
Our city hosts a summer “Safety Town” for kids as a summer camp. The dates don’t work for us, but I did stop and ask for a copy of the topics they cover to give me ideas of things I might make sure to cover with our kids. I am also a big advocate for swim lessons. Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death in children, and swimming is both a great workout and a lifetime sport, so both safety and P.E. are covered. Most lessons include safety topics each week. It can also be a job opportunity due to the great shortage of those with good enough swim skills to be lifeguards and swim instructors. I have a single friend with a Ph.D. in genetics who still teaches swim lessons on the side because she makes just as much money doing that as at her job! (She saves the swim lesson money and uses it to take fantastic vacations!)
May 19, 2015 at 12:44 pm
ReneeS
Participant
Ok, so this is way easier right now than what I am trying to make it be. I am just recalling my PE experience in p.s., pretty much just torturous lol, and thinking I have to be providing all kinds of activities. But, really them being out and running and playing is their exercise,plus a couple extra things like dance and walks and bike rides through out the week.
Thank you for sharing ladies 🙂