The one thing that resonated most with me from last week’s lesson was the concept of respecting yourself. Kenthen was my group leader, and he explained that a key notion in being physically literate is respecting yourself. I came to realize that to be physically literate does not mean to be particularly “good” at physical activity, but to be proficient in the knowledge of how your individual body functions, moves, etc.  I think this is SO important for children; I remember as a child thinking that I was simply not physical, because I viewed physicality as being “good at sports,” which I was not in my primary years, and so I neglected my physical health, by not taking part in any physical movement or activity unless required at school, and in doing so I bypassed the key components of physical literacy, and in my adulthood have problems keeping active. I feel that now that there is awareness of physical literacy, in schools and beyond, I feel confident that students will develop life long physicality, and the desire to keep fit and active.

On another note, I want to mention the net-ball activities from last week. Leandrea was guiding my group. I found her strategy very interesting in leading our activity; By starting off with the difficult lacrosse passing, we had low success rates. Then she took the lacrosse sticks away altogether, which seemed curious considering we were playing “Volley-Crosse,” and we volleyed with a large sponge ball. Once comfortable, she took that away, and we instead used a tennis ball, then two tennis balls. I feel that she was implementing scaffolding techniques here, basically demonstrating that you cannot simply jump directly into the deep end without practicing in the shallow end first.

In all, it was a great class! 🙂