Minds On

Participate

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

  • What kind of physical activities do you participate in?
  • Why is it important to be physically active every day?
  • How can you make sure that you are participating to the best of your ability in activities?

Action

Stay on target

Some of the physical activities in which you are involved may be: lead-up and small-group games, recreational activities, cooperative games, fitness activities, dance activities. Do you participate in any of these types of activities in your community?

Use the checklist to mark the reasons for which being involved in physical activity is important for you.

Participating

Activity: Time out!

Safety

Before you begin:

Move however you choose: skipping, dancing, running, burpees, etc. Set a timer for 20, 30 or 40 seconds (or more) and keep moving to the best of your ability. Then, rest. Then, change the time or the movement and keep track of which ones you are enjoying and why.

Pause and Reflect

Pause and reflect

  • Did you participate to the best of your ability the whole time you chose?
  • Was it difficult for you?
  • How did it make you feel, physically and emotionally?

Activity: Motivation

Recognize that some days when we are not feeling well, it is difficult to participate to the best of our ability. Trying to participate when we do not feel motivated helps us improve our physical and mental health, build healthy relationships, develop self-control, to be flexible and be open minded, and to discover activities that we enjoy so that we can make choices to be active even when we are adults.

What motivates people to be active? What motivates you to be active? Use the checklist to choose what motivates you to be active and then record your reasons to be motivated.

Motivation

Complete My Motivation in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document. If you would like, you can use speech-to-text or audio recording tools to record your thoughts.

My Motivation

I motivate myself to participate in many different activities to the best of my ability.

YES

NOT YET. I am learning to:

 

I would like to try:

 

I plan to take motivate myself by:

 

Press the ‘Activity’ button to access My Motivation. 

Activity(Open PDF in a new window)

Now, create an activity that you and some of the people you know might enjoy. Decide on the following:

  • Is this a group or an individual game?
  • What is the game made up of (for example: it might include points, routines, countdowns, etc.)?
  • Is this game going to be competitive?
  • Is this game going to have many or a few rules?
  • Is this game to be played inside or outside?
  • What materials and equipment will this game need?

Complete the My Physical Activity in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document. If you would like, you can use speech-to-text or audio recording tools to record your thoughts.

My Physical Activity

The name of my game:

Is this a group or an individual game?

What is the game made up of?

Is this game going to be competitive?

Is this game going to have many or a few rules?

Is this game to be played inside or outside?

What materials and equipment will this game need?

Press the ‘Activity’ button to access My Physical Activity. 

Activity(Open PDF in a new window)

If others were going to participate in this activity, how could you be encouraging and kind? Provide specific examples.

Press 'Examples’ to access some examples of how you can be encouraging and kind.

For example, after explaining the rules, you could ask them if they understand what they need to do, encourage them while they are participating.

If, after doing the activity someone has a suggestion for you to change an aspect of the game, how would you respond?

Press 'Respond’ to access how one should respond in such a situation.

You would want to be respectful of their ideas.

Consolidation

The best of my ability

Thinking about the activities from Action and our goals:

  • participate in many different activities to the best of our ability
  • take the initiative to be involved in different activities
  • be open to playing different positions and to playing in different groups
  • be respectful of other’s ideas and opinions
  • be encouraging and kind
  • always maintain self-control

Share whether you felt you met these goals and record your learning.

Complete Meeting My Goals in your notebook or using the following fillable and printable document. If you would like, you can use speech-to-text or audio recording tools to record your thoughts.

Meeting My Goals

I motivate myself to participate in many different activities to the best of my ability.

YES

NOT YET. I am learning to:

I would like to try:

I plan to take motivate myself by:

I am open to playing different positions and to playing in different groups.

YES

NOT YET. I am learning to:

When I feel like I am losing my self control I will try to:

Examples of my being encouraging and kind are:

Press the ‘Activity’ button to access Meeting My Goals. 

Activity(Open PDF in a new window)

Reflection

As you read through these descriptions, which sentence best describes how you are feeling about your understanding of this learning activity? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

I feel…

Now, record your ideas using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.