Core Skills Analysis
Physical Education and Health
Tyzalie spent 45 minutes skateboarding outside, practicing a physical activity that involved moving his body and engaging with a skateboard. Through this experience, he had an opportunity to build physical confidence and become more familiar with how his body moved during active play. He also practiced sustaining attention and effort over an extended period of activity. Skateboarding can support balance and coordination as skills develop through practice.
Science
While skateboarding outside, Tyzalie encountered movement in an outdoor setting and could observe how the skateboard traveled as he moved. The activity offered a concrete introduction to motion: pushing or shifting the board can change its movement, and the rider’s body helps guide it. Through hands-on experience, he could begin connecting his actions with the board’s motion. This provided an early, age-appropriate opportunity to notice cause and effect.
Tips
Tips After skateboarding, invite Tyzalie to draw the board and use arrows to show how it moved, then describe what he noticed about starting, slowing, or turning. Make a simple movement course with safe, stationary markers and let him plan a route, supporting spatial language and body awareness. Compare how different surfaces feel under the wheels while an adult supervises and discuss observations such as smoothness and sound. Keep practice age-appropriate, use protective gear, and choose a safe, supervised area.
Book Recommendations
- From Head to Toe by Eric Carle: An interactive picture book about moving different body parts that can extend conversation about body control and physical activity.
- Motion: Push and Pull, Fast and Slow by Darlene R. Stille: A nonfiction introduction to motion that connects with observing how a skateboard starts and moves.
Learning Standards
- Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum, 2019 — Active Living, A1.1: The outdoor skateboarding activity provided an opportunity for physical activity and active participation.
- Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum, 2019 — Movement Competence, B1.1: Skateboarding offered practice involving body control and movement; balance and coordination are relevant movement skills.
- Ontario Science and Technology Curriculum, 2022 — Kindergarten, STEM Skills and Connections: Observing a moving skateboard and noticing how actions affect motion connects with inquiry through observation and exploration.
Try This Next
- Draw a skateboard route and add arrows to show the direction of movement.
- Ask: “What action helped the skateboard start moving?”
- Create a body-movement drawing showing how a rider stays balanced.
- With adult supervision, compare the sound of skateboard wheels on two safe surfaces.