Something NEW in the Jacobson Elementary PE program

The 2nd-6th grade students are doing a new unit in PE classes called Sport Stacking. It involves using specialized cups called Speed Stacks and stacking them in a certain order called stacks such as 3-3-3, 3-6-3, or 1-10-1 stack.  The actual competition involves using all of these for the cycle stack.  Many activities can be used while doing the stacks.  Fitness activities with Sport Stacking are amongst the favorite of the students,  Speed Stacks can be used in the classroom or at home, also.

What are the benefits of Sport Stacking?

Sport Stacking helps students develop bilateral proficiency equal performance on both sides of the body. By increasing bilateral proficiency, a student develops a greater percentage of the right side of the brain, which houses awareness, focus, creativity and rhythm. Stacking helps train the brain for sports and other activities where the use of both hands is important, such as playing a musical instrument or using the computer. Sequencing and patterning are also elements of sport stacking, which can help with reading and math skills.

Benefits

FITNESS:

Sport Stacking is a fitness based sport that kids from all backgrounds and abilities can do. For the athlete and non-athlete alike, regardless if you are instructing eighth graders or kindergartners, sport stacking can be a great enhancement for your fitness routine. With over 70 fitness based activities, sport stacking helps to motivate kids to be active and fit. Teachers and parents also like sport stacking because it can be done at home. Much like a Scholastic book order encourages kids to read at home, a Group Order through Speed Stacks encourages fitness at home.

SELF-ESTEEM:

One of the comments we receive consistently from teachers, parents and school administrators is how sport stacking levels the playing field for their kids. Non-Athletic kids can now compete head to head with their more athletic counterparts. This significantly raises their self-esteem, motivating them to work harder in PE and be excited to participate. It's a WIN, WIN!

ACADEMICS:

Today schools, teachers and parents are focused more than ever on academic achievement. Sport stacking not only promotes physical fitness, but also academic learning. Students that sport stack on a regular basis have shown increases in test scores and levels of concentration. This is achieved by students using both their right and left sides of their brain. When students sport stack they are crossing the "midline" of their bodies and developing new connections in their brains. These new connections help to spur brain growth which in turn promotes greater academic achievement.

Jacobson Elementary is doing a school order.  If your family would like to order Speed Stacks and other equipment, please fill out the order form that your child brought home and send it back to school with the money.  You may also go online at speedstacks.com and order through our school group account.