Preschoolers also do modified sit-ups, twirl hula hoops around their tummies, practice kicking and striking, and explore some basic climbing and balancing skills. Because many disabled kids have been carried by parents and isolated from nondisabled peers, they've had fewer chances to develop physical skills. The district's goals include getting kids started on learning lifetime fitness skills. Rampmeyer's work shows that the elementary years are not too young to start. S he is especially pleased to have encouraged snowshoeing.
People are stuck inside being inactive for so long.
But with snowshoes you can get out. Rampmeyer handed out information about snowshoes before Christmas last year, and many parents bought them as presents for their kids. T o raise grant money to purchase skis for the third through sixth grade, Rampmeyer had to make a convincing case that skiing could be made to enhance coursework in math. R ampmeyer's students are extraordinarily well behaved, and this is no accident. Kids assess their own behavior accordingly every day.