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NAPSE Standards 2.1

Kathleen Lucchesi

Fresno Pacific University

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The two standards most thoroughly addressed in chapter 22 of the text, Game Skills, are

NAPSE standards five and six. These standards say that children will exhibit responsible

personal and social behavior that respects self and others in physical activity, and value physical

activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. According to

Pangrazi and Bieghle, through games children can develop interpersonal skills, understand rules

and limitations, and learn how to behave in various competitive and cooperative situations

(2013). Game skills give children the opportunity to grow through competitive play while

interacting with their peers in a healthy way.

In order to facilitate the understanding of the value of these skills and standards, I intend

to teach children, and continuously reinforce the idea that, learning to perform skills correctly is

more important than winning the game (Pangrazi & Bieghle, 2013). A ball-passing game would

be an excellent choice to work on these standards, as ball-passing games encourage cooperation

with other students while promoting physical activity in an exciting way. Even the lowest level

student can participate as we make a circle, and pass balls back and forth through the circle

adding more and more and counting points for dropped balls. This game allows the opportunity

for children to build trust and dependence on other students to do well in the game, as well as a

vested interest on cooperating and following rules for the benefit of the team.

Another version of an easy cooperation game that encourages activity and enjoyment of

exercise is the many different versions of tag. Tag allows for incredible amounts of variation and

adjustment based on group size, average age, and level of ability. By incorporating a no tab-back

rule, children will never be able to be singled out for being slower than peers, and gives all

students in the group the opportunity to participate while working for a common goal: not getting

tagged.
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References

Pangrazi, R., & Bieghle, A. (2013). Dynamic Physical Education (17th ed.). N.p.:

Pearson.