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Anonymous wrote:you have PE 5x a week??? I have never heard of that , at least in most schools. It usually twice.

I’ve taught in quite a few schools, public and private. None has had PE more than once a week. [u]

Go to school early so he can run off some energy on the playground. That’s what I did with my son when he was in ES.

Wow, I wonder if that is part of our problem as a society / country / ed system. Did there used to be PE more often? I know kids used to play outside more on their own.

Anonymous wrote:you have PE 5x a week??? I have never heard of that , at least in most schools. It usually twice.

I’ve taught in quite a few schools, public and private. None has had PE more than once a week.

Go to school early so he can run off some energy on the playground. That’s what I did with my son when he was in ES.

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Anonymous wrote:Try getting him exercise in the morning before school. Hard this time of year but it can help.

Maybe we will try walking to school. I'm just worried about him being physically tired when school is so demanding, but maybe he needs to be.

Walk to school. Play on the school playground after school for 20-30 minutes (coat, hated and gloves/mittens in winter, stay as long as you can tolerate) if they are too young for organized sports, and every night after dinner do something. Walk/bike/scooter around the block. Play in the back yard. We even did a indoor race in winter/rainy nights (kids ran in a circle through kitchen, dining room and foyer, we cheered them on - "go Larlo go," "looking great Larla, 4 laps to go," etc.)

Your high energy kid is not going to be to physically tired just from walking to school

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Anonymous wrote:This is why my kids play 3 sports every season and walk to school no matter the weather. When sports practices are canceled they run sprints on the field at school.

I assume this is a joke, but why

Because otherwise they have trouble sitting still at school all day and focusing. They have an unbelievable amount of energy.

All you PPs have third graders who still play on the school playground? Mine was content to play alone on the playground before school or on weekends but now he needs peers to play and nobody is there beforehand except the really little kids.

For us we get to school 15 min early and play on the playground to help burn off some energy. We also have gym once a week but she also does dance at school, dance class and gymnastics class. Weekend does swimming and we aim for a long playground session too.

Bike to school. Throw a baseball around at the bus stop for 30 min before the bus comes etc etc. We do a sports activity 3 days a week after school and I have girls.

Anonymous wrote:Our school recently switched from PE 4x(sometimes 5x)/week to just 2x due to a staffing change. My third grader is high energy and I think is missing the wiggle time but he’s also looking very tired with the huge increase in classroom expectations and homework load this year. He’s been tossing things around more as a result, I don’t know how else to explain it! Is this pretty typical or is this a sign to get him a neuropsych evaluation?

I don’t think it’s crabbiness or moodiness and he goes to bed around 8 or 8:30 with a wake up at 6:30.

Homework load wut

You need to run your kid around like a little puppy, seriously.

Does he wake up by himself or 630 or does he need an alarm? When my kid was 8/9 in 3rd grade she was in bed at 8, asleep by 830 and woke up naturally around 7/730. It does sound like he might not be getting enough sleep.
When mine was in elem we used to get to school 15 mins early every day, along with a few other kids, so the kids could run around on the playground before going into school. We did the same after school for 15-20 mins before going home.
My kid is in private MS and has PE once a week, additional physical conditioning 2x a week that is an elective plus recess every day.
They need it.
I have a theory that a lack of exercise is why there are so many fights in MS and HS. Kids are not supposed to sit all day. They sit on a bus to school then sit in the classroom. They have energy they need to expel even if they don’t realise it. We are doing them such a disservice with the lack of opportunities to
Exercise
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Anonymous wrote:This is why my kids play 3 sports every season and walk to school no matter the weather. When sports practices are canceled they run sprints on the field at school.

I assume this is a joke, but why

The sports may only be one day a week, but its a solution.

High energy? You take them to the playground before and after school and do organized sports and stop expecting the school to handle everything.

Anonymous wrote:2x weekly is normal.

You shouldn't be relying on PE for your kids activity needs. Do they still have daily recess? What does he donat recess?

Walk or bike to school if you can. My high energy kid needed that instead of sitting on the bus.

I'm curious where does 2x/week. We've always gotten 1x and that includes my own childhood.

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Anonymous wrote:This is why my kids play 3 sports every season and walk to school no matter the weather. When sports practices are canceled they run sprints on the field at school.

I assume this is a joke, but why

I promise you- not the PP- but some kids just have way more energy. Stopped napping at 2. Can run for hours. Swim for hours. Need heavy work, etc. We bend a bit in our lives to accommodate the energy level as well- not to 3 sports but I fully expect my son will end up playing 2 as he gets older and playtime in the neighborhood is reduced.