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Shadow Forest students get moving with new program
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| Fifth-grade students at Shadow Forest Elementary in Kingwood "start-a-cmotion" during PE time with their new interactive, high-energy video dance game. |
By JENNIFER SUMMER
Drum beats sounded from the speakers in the same rhythm as the students’ feet.
Jumping up and down on their pads, each student followed the arrows on the screen which indicated the foot that needed to move to the pad on the side.
“The program is a high-energy video game that resembles ‘Dance Dance Revolution.’ I first found out about the program a Texas Association for Health Physical Education Recreation & Dance convention and I thought it would be great for my students,” Chris Hass, physical education teacher, said.
The video game program is known as “C’motion” and is aimed at helping get students moving during their PE hour and motivate them to exercise.
All of the equipment for the program is provided by the company and they rent the equipment out to schools like Shadow Forest for weeks at a time.
Set up in the cafeteria, each student has his or her own pad which has a center part with four different pads on the side where the student steps as they are told by the video game on the screen in front of them.
“The kids had to pay a very small nominal fee for us to be able to have this program at Shadow Forest but it is definitely worth it,” Hass said. “The students are leaving PE sweating and they even say their legs are tired but they all love it and are very excited.”
The video screen tells the students how many calories they are burning as they dance to the songs and the kids each wear a pedometer strapped to their feet that allows them to see how many steps they are taking in the one-hour session.
Besides “C’motion,” Hass and her PE aide, Travis Tyler, work to provide the students with a variety of activities like this one that can teach them things they can do on their off-time to get moving and have fun.
“We are all just so excited about ‘C’motion’ because everyone can participate, the music is great and it keeps them active,” Hass said. “By providing our students a variety of different activities, hopefully this encourages them to find an activity they like and pick up new hobbies.”
For more information
Log on to http://www.start-a-cmotion.com.
Jumping up and down on their pads, each student followed the arrows on the screen which indicated the foot that needed to move to the pad on the side.
“The program is a high-energy video game that resembles ‘Dance Dance Revolution.’ I first found out about the program a Texas Association for Health Physical Education Recreation & Dance convention and I thought it would be great for my students,” Chris Hass, physical education teacher, said.
The video game program is known as “C’motion” and is aimed at helping get students moving during their PE hour and motivate them to exercise.
All of the equipment for the program is provided by the company and they rent the equipment out to schools like Shadow Forest for weeks at a time.
Set up in the cafeteria, each student has his or her own pad which has a center part with four different pads on the side where the student steps as they are told by the video game on the screen in front of them.
“The kids had to pay a very small nominal fee for us to be able to have this program at Shadow Forest but it is definitely worth it,” Hass said. “The students are leaving PE sweating and they even say their legs are tired but they all love it and are very excited.”
The video screen tells the students how many calories they are burning as they dance to the songs and the kids each wear a pedometer strapped to their feet that allows them to see how many steps they are taking in the one-hour session.
Besides “C’motion,” Hass and her PE aide, Travis Tyler, work to provide the students with a variety of activities like this one that can teach them things they can do on their off-time to get moving and have fun.
“We are all just so excited about ‘C’motion’ because everyone can participate, the music is great and it keeps them active,” Hass said. “By providing our students a variety of different activities, hopefully this encourages them to find an activity they like and pick up new hobbies.”
For more information
Log on to http://www.start-a-cmotion.com.
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