5/9/2019
Dear Teacher Candidate participating in the PED 321 Movement Literacy Program,
Movement Education is an amazing, unique experience for teacher candidates as well as
students. This class allows Physical Education Teacher Candidates to collaborate with the college child
care program or daycares near campus. Since we have the luxury of taking this class, it is important to
take it as seriously as possible because we represent the Cortland Physical Education program and the
number one priority is to be responsible so we can uphold a positive reputation for our school and
major. So it is very important to dress professionally, putting in the work necessary in class and being a
responsible young adult when around the children. Also, this class gives you some early field experience
in working with children so it would be in the best interest of the teacher candidate to try to soak in as
much as possible while in this class.
This semester I had the opportunity of working with Christopher. I was switched to working
with Christopher around the middle of the semester so unfortunately I was not able to perform the pre
assessment of fundamental movements for him. I was however able to assess his fundamental
movement skills at the end of the semester as his post assessment and he improved significantly from
when I started working with him to the end. Though, Christopher is still in the mature stage for most of
the fundamental movements, he has made significant improvements in stability and manipulative skills.
I noticed that Christopher is not as proficient in the locomotor skills just yet like sliding, running,
galloping, horizontal jumping, hopping, leaping and skipping. I believe it is because all of these skills
mainly involve usage of the legs with slight tweaks to positioning and arm motions which can be very
confusing for a young child. I’ve also noticed Christopher likes to play with objects he can hold like a
small ball or even a balloon. So when working with Christopher and he begins to lose interest or
attention, you can make a social contract with him and reward him with an object he can play with
similar to the two I listed above to regain his interest and attention to complete the activity. Also
incorporate a lot of demonstrations with Christopher so he can observe how the action is done first
hand. Overall, Christopher is an amazing, well-mannered and fun child to be assigned to and it will be
difficult to leave him once the class is over. I hope you guys can pick up where we left off and continue
to improve all of his fundamental skills.
Good luck and enjoy working with Christopher!
Sincerely,
Kyle Cajigas
