Team Building Through Physical Challenges

Team Building Through Physical Challenges

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Help your students develop interpersonal skills as well as motor skills with the activities in >Team Building Through Physical Challenges>. These 22 Outward Bound-type tasks challenge students to work together to achieve a common goal. Along the way, they`ll learn to value teamwork, practice leadership skills, improve listening skills, and appreciate individual differences.The activities in >Team Building Through Physical Challenges> are broken down into three levels--introductory, intermediate, and advanced. These levels make the challenges ideal for students in upper elementary through high school. For each of the physical challenges, you`ll find a summary that includes:- a detailed description,- success criteria,- an equipment list,- set-up instructions,- rules and sacrifices,- possible solutions, and- additions and variations.Throughout each challenge, kids learn teamwork. As they struggle, fail, reorganize, persevere, and finally succeed, students learn to brainstorm solutions, work together to develop a plan of attack, listen to others and consider their ideas, and praise and encourage team members. Each member of the group is important, because everyone must meet the challenge before the team can succeed. Team members learn, in addition to motor skills, important social skills by taking turns filling the roles of organizer, praiser, encourager, summarizer, and recorder.>Team Building Through Physical Challenges> is easy for physical educators, classroom teachers, and recreation leaders to use. Cards that explain each challenge to your students are contained in the text; simply copy and laminate them, and they`re ready to use. The activities require equipment that is readily available--tumbling mats, ropes, balance beam, cage ball, tires, and others. Diagrams show you exactly how equipment should be set up, and photos illustrate possible solutions for each challenge.Watch your students develop self-confidence and new skills as they explore th

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