L. Introduction The playgrounds at elementary schools are the first place where children begin to develop their social skills. Playgrounds not provide a sanctuary and are the first place where children learn to deal with other people, but allow children to learn valuable social skills. Playgrounds also provide a location where numerous young friendships are started.Athletic facilities, not only can new, or renovated fields, stadiums, or gyms bolster community spirit, but they offer spaces for school kids to establish a regular physically active lifestyle at a young age, an extremely important preventative treated for combating chronic disease and obesity.
Furthermore, athletics provide outlets for students to develop important skills such as leadership. Persistence, practice, and group responsibility, among others. In this way, sports help to 'educate the whole person' and promote 'socio-emotional' learning - topics we have discussed at length as Important, perhaps critical, to education.II. Body of the Report Playground area should be considered together with classroom as one 1 . Learning environment for educational growth.
They should be developed and planned extensively not only for the sole purpose of an improved physical education program but also for the future use of pupils and teachers in other educational activities. Recommended Facilities and Equipment are; 10. 1. 1 .
Space components. Playground areas should Include any or all of the following space components. Open Grass areas for group games and other group activities; * Paved areas for court games and other group activities; * Equipment areas where the different types of playground apparatus are provided for developing or Improving muscular coordination ; and An oval tract. 0.
1. 2. Playground Facilities * volleyball court I * basketball court I * softball diamond I *gymnastic floor area I * baseball diamond I * football field I * Jumping fit I * swimming fool I * a standard track oval with a distance of 400 meters or less I * speak attack 10. . 3. Basic Equipment for Sports and Games Skill development and Maintenance * rings I * chinning bar * sack I * baseball bar * coco stilts I * shot put I * bamboo stilts I * table tennis set * baton I * Javelin I * earns * soccer football set I * clapper I * parallel bar I slap Dally humanistic mats * volleyball set I * lawn tennis set I * basketball set I * vaulting box I * discuss I * vaulting pole I * softball set I 10.
1. 4.Basic Equipment for Locomotors Skills * Drawing stick (wand) I *Jigsaw puzzle I * Rattan hoop I * Chess set * Bean bag I Tape recorder set and set of tapes of music of different time signature I * Bench I * Scramble set I * Whistle I * Balance beam I * Colored chalk I * Sunglass I * Tape measure I * Chinese checker set I * Hurdle I * Stop watch I * Dam Set I * Horizontal ladder I 10. 1.
5. Playground Equipment. The equipment area should be provided with the following playground apparatuses, among others: * Slides (8 Ft. High) I * Climbing structures I * Swings (10 Ft. Frame) I * Horizontal Ladder (7 Ft.
Gig) fulcrum) I * Others I * Chinning bar I Section 11 . Athletic Equipment * Seesaws (20 inch 1 1. 1 The following athletic equipment and supplies are recommended as basic requirements for the school athletics program: * Baseball set (consisting of balls, bats, catcher's mitt, catcher's mask, catcher's body protector, basement's mitts, fielders' gloves, base plates, etc. ) * Softball set consisting of balls, bats, mitts, masks, protectors, base plates, etc. ) * Basketball set ( consisting of balls, goal rings with nets, etc. ) * Volleyball set (consisting of balls, nets, etc.
* Table Tennis set ( consisting of table, net, balls, rackets, etc. ) * Lawn tennis set (consisting of balls, rackets, net, etc. ) * Javelin (for boys and girls) * Discus (For boys and girls) * Shot put (for boys and girls) * Vaulting pole * Sips balls * Hurdles (10 units per lane) * Stop watches * Tape measure * Spiked shoes 11 2 space Requirements For tentacle Title requirements, ten allocation Tort external space should allow adequate provision for the laying out of the following basic components, among others: * Standard oval tract with a distance of 400 meters * A baseball diamond with sides measuring 27. Meters (90 feet) long * A softball diamond with sides measuring 90 - 120 meters (100-130 yards) long and 45- 90 meters yards) wide * A soccer football field measuring 90- 120 meters (100 -130 yards) long and 45- 90 meters (50-100 yards) wide * A basketball court which should be a flat, hard (not grass surface) measuring XX meters (XX feet) * A allowable court measuring 18 meters long and 9 meters wide (XX feet) * A lawn tennis court measuring 23. 77 meters long and 8.
3 meters wide (XX feet), which is the standard for singles, for doubles a wider court is used, 10. 97 meters (36 feet) wide * Perimeter space should also be provided for the construction of grandstand and bleachers. Ill. SUMMARY Social skills are learned at a young age and will continue to grow and develop with the child. Children learn how to associate with others as they share and communicate with each other on the playground equipment.
Playgrounds provide a stable starting foundation where bricks are added as they grow and mature.Furthermore, young imaginations are also nurtured and matured as children spend time on the playground. At a young age, children are able to imagine fictional worlds and use the playground equipment as props for the scenario that they are picturing. Playgrounds are an abyss supply of resources that are used to foster the imagination of young children. As children are eager to head outside to play on playground equipment, their minds and imagination grow as well.
As children share time on laggardly equipment, they build bonds that no other resource can match.Children also picture difficult quandaries and peaceful scenarios where they help one another, in turn developing a bond that is unable to be emulated by any other activity. The importance of quality school facilities cannot be overemphasized. A July 27, 2011 submission to the U. S. Department of Education Excellence ; Equity Commission states: "The quality of school facilities is a factor in student and teacher attendance, teacher retention and recruitment, child and teacher health, and the laity of curriculum" (Change, English, and Foulard 3).
After citing various studies that found positive correlations between student achievement and school facility condition, the authors of this report, Change, English, and Foulard, conclude, "The overwhelming results of these studies show how counterproductive it would be to push for increased student achievement without providing school facilities that integrally support such achievement" With increasingly limited funds, schools are under severe pressure to meet achievement standards for what students should know and learn.This accountability yester focuses on cognitive skill assessment, thus diminishing the school's attention to teaching non-cognitive skills, such as those learned on an athletic field, or through other extracurricular activities. Furthermore, solely focusing on academic tests scores puts too much pressure on teachers - and ignores the importance of fostering a noels learning environment winner students, Tamales, Ana countless are engaged in education.Perhaps holding schools accountable to other metrics, such as the number of extracurricular activities offered, or the amount of money spent on agility maintenance, or the number of books checked out of the library, or participation in parent-teacher conferences, would be an important first step towards the development of a holistic culture of learning in the public schools . - Ashley Sharp Athletic facilities are key to maintaining and fostering school spirit.
Students will be more likely to succeed in school if they are tied in some way to that school.These ties can take shape in athletics and/or extracurricular activities. Not only can having high-end facilities foster student confidence and encourage students to strive to be their best but also it provides the tools necessary to achieve their best. The act of building these facilities shows students that the community has not given up on them. This will, in turn, increase the confidence and appreciation the students have for their school. Overall, these facilities help to create a better learning environment.
Focusing on sports, participation in athletics helps to "educate the whole person. Lessons learned on a field can sometimes be more important than those learned in a classroom. Coming from my own experience, wrought athletics I have learned to budget my time. I have also learned how to hold myself accountable when working with others in a group, to do my portion of the work to the best of my ability. Most importantly I have learned the techniques needed to adapt to certain situations.
I have learned to be prepared for the unexpected, adapt, and execute. If a person is relatively inactive for most of his or her life, the chances of that person becoming active later in life are extremely low.An active lifestyle is something that must be taught at an early age. Only with regularity can a person incorporate being active into his or her life. Obesity is currently a major problem among the youth of America.
By teaching active lifestyles at an early age this problem can be combated. Although many schools feel the pressure to focus their time, effort, and money on increasing test scores, I believe that in order for that area to improve, all other aspects of the child's learning development must also be improved. Two of these aspects are athletics and extracurricular activities. - Elizabeth Holland
