Kids

Pozitive Kidz are Successful Kidz

Well, I’m ready to launch my new Pozitive Kidz are Succesful Kidz program for primary schools here in Melbourne, Australia.

The flyer is completed and the next step is to contact schools for an expression of interest, which I’ll do next week.

This 6 week program is designed for grade 5 and grade 6 students to help them become the best they can be in both their academic studies and their relationships with others. I use both Appreciative Intelligence and Kinaesthetic Intelligence concepts and activities.

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Tough Tai Chi

By Chris 1 Comment

My toughest Tai Chi experience?

Nicking my head with the guard of my Sabre and drawing blood during a demonstration in front of 60 secondary school students?

No.

Holding a workshop in a library with some participants spilling into the aisles where I couldn’t see them due to the lack of room?

No.

Presentating an energizer session late one Saturday evening at a conference where the booze overruled any sense of participation?

No.

The toughest experience happened in the local park the other day. I did some shopping and had time in the afternoon to practice my Tai Chi form so at about 3.30pm I drove to the park and found a secluded spot facing the man made lake.

It was a beautiful setting, sun shining, no breeze, perfect for Tai Chi.

As I started my Tai Chi form they appeared.

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Tai Chi Kidz Race

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I’ve used the Tai Chi Kidz Race drill to teach children how to slow down and move correctly.

Here’s how it works.

I get the class to line up at one end of the hall. Then I say to them ‘we going to have a race.’ They usually get excited at this.

Then I say, ‘okay, the slowest person wins.’ At first there are confused looks but once they get started their movements slow right down. Some hardly move at all.

It’s a bit of reverse psychology by making it completely different from their expectations of a race.

The benefits?

Kids learn to co-ordinate their bodies and improve their balance. It’s a fun drill. And I can also teach other specific body movement skills, for example tucking in your tailbone as you step.

Why not have a go and teach this to your junior Tai Chi or martial arts class?

If you do, let me know how it goes.