Dear parents and extended families,
My name is Andre Gumprecht and I am the K-2 Development Coordinator at CCSC.
I am a foundation member at this college and have been very lucky to be chosen to lead the Multi-Sport program for 2017.
Why am I so passionate about kids development, especially physical literacy?
Physical literacy is the single most important gift a child, youth or adult can be given to help them fully participate in society.
Physical literacy provides us with the power to learn to imagine and to pursue our dreams.
It empowers people to pursue their careers and take advantage of the opportunities in our growing economy.
It enables us to be healthy and keep our families healthy.
It is the foundation on which knowledge, confidence, and personal growth are built.
Definition of Physical Literacy
Physical literacy is a fundamental and valuable human capability that can be described as a disposition acquired by human individuals encompassing the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding that establishes purposeful physical pursuits as an integral part of their lifestyle.
The fundamental and significant aspects of physical literacy are:
- everyone can be physically literate as it is appropriate to each individual’s endowment
- everyone’s physical literacy journey is unique
- physical literacy is relevant and valuable at all stages and ages of life
- the concept embraces much more than physical competence
- at the heart of the concept is the motivation and commitment to be active
- the disposition is evidenced by a love of being active, born out of the pleasure and satisfaction individuals experience in participation
- a physically literate individual values and takes responsibility for maintaining purposeful physical pursuits throughout the life course
- charting of progress of an individual’s personal journey must be judged against previous achievements and not against any form of national benchmarks
Lastly, I would like to invite you to my daily world:
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