Go Team! ? EduKids Early Childhood Education Centers

Posted by: edukidsinc on: July 30, 2012

Kate Dust, EduKids Education Director

It?s Olympic week throughout the world!? There will be high focus on sporting events, sportsmanship and athletic abilities.? There will be celebrations of individual accomplishments and team success.? There will be ?winners? on a worldwide stage and ?losers? in an Olympic Stadium.? The U.S. athletes and teams will be celebrated!? They will be positioned on television and in advertisements as the models of health & athletic skills.?? All of this is exciting!

What lessons are young children learning about individual and team sports? I think we can?learn so much from this Olympic week as we look at our children, as a member of a team or as an individual athlete.? What are the benefits of team sports??

Considerations:

1. Before your child joins a team or begins lessons in any formal sport: baseball, soccer? or class: dance, gymnastics, swimming? make sure that this is your child?s interest.
2. Check schedules of practice, games, recitals and cost.? What will you have to do as the child?s parent?? This is your commitment ? and it is often substantial to a family?s time and budget.

Benefits of team sports:

• Health.? Athletes are healthy.? A team will practice together under the watchful eye of the coach.? Nutrition will be highlighted, strength will be celebrated and healthy habits will be taught for both individual stamina and team benefit.? A healthy body is critical to development and growth.? Exercise is continual and builds muscles, strength and endurance; life long skills.

• Healthy Competition.? Team sports look different throughout your child?s ages and stages.? Initially, a team will not focus on or tolerate competition until the skills needed for the sport are established and practiced.? Young children will have coaches who are on the field with them giving individual verbal direction and supporting all attempts at the game.? Later, competition will be introduced as part of the sporting event ? a team wins together and a team loses together. Individuals do not win a game.? An individual does not lose a game.?? As children get older and are ready to understand healthy competition, they will work very hard on their skills and recognize the skills and contributions of others on their team as well as their own important role.

• Friendship building.? Being on a team offers many opportunities to make friends and be a friend.? Often young children who are together on a team are lifelong friends.? Trophies and photos of little athletes with their team or a new swimmer diving into the pool are cherished forever.

?The Olympics bring families and communities together.? Children and families are watching.? I watch in awe?the competition?the athletes caught up in the excitement!?? GO TEAM USA!! First Lady Michelle Obama

-Kate Dust, EduKids Education Director

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Sunday's Games and Showmatch part 2: Leviathan Gaming vs ...

July 29, 2012

6v6 Nations Cup: Croatia vs. United States of America

United States of America couldn?t field enough players and had to forfeit the match.

6v6 Nations Cup: Latvia vs. Turkey

Match Overview

-- Sunday, 29th July 21:15 CEST --

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Latvia [5:0] Turkey

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Latvia [6:1] Turkey

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Latvia [6:0] Turkey

Latvia had a hard time in week 1 to field enough players and they had to default the match, Turkey did their best but lost their week 1 game as well. The team which will score 6 points in this game might still be able to stand a chance to fight for a playoff spot. The Latvian team is composed mostly of CIDO, a div1 team, while in the Turkish lineup we have veterans like ForzaEagLE and? fle.

• STV:?fakkelbrigade.eu:27100

6v6 Nations Cup: Lithuania vs. Norway

Match Overview

-- Sunday, 29th July 21:15 CEST --

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Lithuania [3:4] Norway

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Lithuania [0:4] Norway

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Lithuania [0:6] Norway

Tonight we will have another game of Group E, between Lithuania and Norway. The Norwegian team has their part of Broder in the roster including all-star players like??Macisum and torden. Lithuania however is the homeland for Extremer, the Epsilon eSports demoman, fighting alongside with him we might see Ent1re or evokje.

• STV:?fakkelbrigade.eu:271001

6v6 Nations Cup: Hungary vs. Spain

Match Overview

-- Sunday, 29th July 21:15 CEST --

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Hungary [3:4] Spain

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Hungary [1:6] Spain

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Hungary [0:6] Spain

Tonight we will see a match between Spain, a home for players like Jan, sraam and HarryHook and Hungary whos most well-known players are Linus and Moreg. Spain has already won their first match, a win for them would ensure their way into playoff stage, however Hungary may come out with a big surprise and steal some points from the Spaniards.

6v6 Nations Cup: Egypt vs. Netherlands

Match Overview

-- Sunday, 29th July 21:15 CEST --

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Egypt [0:0] Netherlands

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Egypt [0:0] Netherlands

OVERALL
Egypt [0:0] Netherlands

The first week of the 6v6 Nations Cup wasn?t the luckiest for Egyptians, they had to default their game due to lack of players, hopefully we will see them this week fighting against Exfane and his Dutch team. The Egyptian team is mainly from KnG!: Elite Nile Gunners, a top div3 team, while Netherlands have well-known players in their roster like Qun and skeej.

NA vs EU: Leviathan Gaming vs Epsilon eSports

Tonight sees the second showmatch between Europe and North America! Last week we saw i46 qualifiers winners Classic Mixup beat TCM Gaming 2-1 in a bo3 match. This week we?re going to see ESEA LAN champions Leviathan Gaming play against ETF2L Season 12 winners Epsilon eSports. Last game raised over $2000 towards the LAN fund, and a similar donation total tonight will be a huge step towards seeing 2 American teams at i46. There is also the chance to win 2 Razor Deathadder mice by tuning in tonight. The match is being casted by Greg and cbear with Comedian on the stream at VanillaTV.

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Source: http://etf2l.org/2012/07/29/sundays-games-and-showmatch-part-2-leviathan-gaming-vs-epsilon-esports/

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