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I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for allowing not only myself, but also
my peers to work with your child in our Movement Education class. The experiences I have
encountered with your child have already helped me further my skills as I prepare to be a future
Physical Educator. The excitement is over thrilling to be able to work with Ben this semester and
help him strengthen his gross motor development. Every new day I spend with Ben I see
improvement.
We performed the TGMD-2 assessment, which assesses object control and locomotor
movements. As Ben became more comfortable with our class, I was able to see progress right
away. Ben was mostly fluid in skills such as throwing, catching and running. When working on
throwing, Ben had proper form and had almost all of the components for the elementary stage of
throwing. This is fantastic because most kids in Ben’s class are still in the initial stage, and are
unable to throw with good form and a follow through. When working on catching, Ben caught
seven out of the eight balls thrown to him. He had good form and great reaction time, meaning
he reacted to the ball right away and had his arms out in preparation to catch the ball. It’s great to
see how involved Ben is getting now and how well he improves on these skills each day. I plan
on working on these skills with him so he can leave the Movement Education class with fluidity
in the mature stage.
There were a few locomotor skills that I would especially like to see Ben advance in;
some skills include sliding and galloping. Right now, Ben is at the initial stage for both sliding
and galloping, which is very common for his age. I would like to use my knowledge to help him
progress eventually to the elementary stage. I would like to plan out activities that combine both
of these skills and be able to work on them a little each class. One way I plan on doing this is
setting jump ropes on the floor and having Ben practice these skills in different directions and
pathways. With galloping some things to do at home could be to take chalk and draw different
lines and ask him to gallop up and down the lines. It is important that the back foot never crosses
the front. The same thing with sliding can be done as well, but to remind Ben that his feet should
never cross paths. With my knowledge I plan on designing a plethora of activities for not only us
as the mentors to notice, but you as the parents as well. I have a lot of ideas I would like to
present to Ben this semester and am looking forward to working with him for a great semester!
As a future Physical Educator some of our lessons can tie in with much more. Such as,
teaching the students different pathways and directions. I am planning on working with Ben on
an obstacle course I created showing him curved, zigzag, and straight lines. As well as directions
such as, under, over, up, down, and through. Working with Ben this semester so far has been a
blast and I can’t wait to see much more improvement from him.
Thank you again for this amazing opportunity and I hope you are as excited about this
opportunity as I am. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email me at
Erin.Carley@cortland.edu. It would be greatly appreciated if you could answer the following
question to help me get a better idea on how I can help work with Ben. “In a million words or
less, describe your child.” Feel free to either email your response or send it to school with him.
Ben is a wonderful and smart child and I look forward to improving his skills and literacy
throughout the semester.
Sincerely,
Erin Carley