Parker

My children are both involved in community sports. My oldest does Tae Kwon Do. My youngest is in football. They both did baseball over the summer and are both currently on a bowling league. I’m also signing them up for swim lessons soon. Also, our local home educators group has access to a local youth center gym that is designated specifically for the home school group every Friday. Then, of course, there is simply active play when they’re in the backyard or I take them to the playground.

Requirements vary from state to state. We’re military and where we live there are no specific requirements. We do belong to a school that keeps track of my children’s transcripts. They require us to submit individual lesson plans each semester but they are very lenient about what our lesson plans are. We can do whatever we want we just have to show them what our plans are.

Ruben

I’m sure they go out and play alot. I mean they don’t have homework to do after school, so they can just go outside and play. Their are also homeschool leagues for sports, or some kids are able to play on High School Leagues.
Requirements vary by State.

Gaige

Of course physical activity is important. to homeschoolers. Most homeschoolers network with each other to form sports teams.
On an individual level, kids taught at home go bicycling, swimming, running, walking, play golf, do aerobics, etc.

Brenna

“Requirement”? nope.

But most children that we know as home-schoolers do have plenty of activity.

Mine are involved with:
The public high school equestrian team.
4-H horses — riding and training.
Little League baseball.
Basketball.
Wrestling.
Ultimate Frisbee (team sport).

Non - team activity:
Trampolines.
Bicycle riding.
Swimming.
Bowling.
Hunting.
Weight lifting.
Snowboarding.
Camping.
Fishing.
Dog training.
Jobs to earn money.
Raising chickens, sheep, and pigs.
Running.

And they do NOT sit around playing video games — no playstation or similar stuff. There is not any time for it because they are so busy with physical activity from dawn to dusk.

Bianca

I would suggest an organized activity such as soccer which is a good team sport and aerobic work out!

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Emiliano

It’s barely required for public school, why should it be at home? The kids aren’t eating high-fat, high-calorie public school food, so they don’t need exercise as much.

Maxim

Many do sports just like other children and play outside. My son isn’t interested in team sports but he likes karate and he gets plenty of exercise via playing and he and his dad lift weights together. Our daughter is miss active all day long but is also in recreational gymnastics. They prefer non-competetive sports and I’m not concerned at all about it. Yet, when they’re with other children they work well as teams, go figure.
No, it is not a requirement in my state, why should physical activity need to be required, except in schools where apparently they are not getting near enough?

I’m just curious…do ALL public schooled kids play team sports? We have a lot of sports leagues around here and although a lot of kids playing, there are more on the sidelines watching.

Zion

It is a requirement here where we live, but that can be just going for daily walks. The goal is to have active kids, not necessarily structure phys.ed. learning.

Of the homeschooled kids I know, including my own, here are various things they do: gym classes set up by rec. centres/YMCA for homeschoolers, competitive sports and general lessons in the community (soccer, diving, hockey, gymnastics, skating, swimming, snorkelling) and things of interest (hiking, biking, skiing, snowboarding…). I’m sure there are other things homeschooled kids here do, too.

Jaylin

My daughter does tae kwan do with the local home school group once a week, yoga at home with a dvd twice a week and she and I take the dogs for a two mile walk everyday.

Mollie

the actual requirements are different in each state. In my state, (TX) it is not a requirement, but about 99% of the homeschool families I know either have PE for their kiddos or participate in team sports. We are fortunate to have a great community sports program through our city rec. center, and my son takes karate lessons there. We have also participated in: ice skating, swimming lessons, baseball, softball, basketball, gymnastics, cheerleading…
We try most mornings to take a walk before school starts, usually about 2 miles (or one if everyone is grumpy, lol!!!).
We belong to a teaching co-op and my son takes a PE class through them and my daughter is trying to get in to their volleyball class.
We also belong to a support group in our city and they have weekly PE classes too, offering: basketball, frisbee golf, volleyball, soccer, ice skating, roller skating, putt putt golf, flag football, nature hikes, so on and so forth.
Contrary to what anti-homeschool people say, there are tons of opportunities for hs kids to get out and enjoy life. The HS kids I know are more physically active than the PS kids I know.
Of course, that is just the kids I know, your results may vary, LOL

Douglas

yes it is a requirement for parents to provide physical education

Akira

I don’t know if PE is required,but I don’t really like sports.I enjoy swimming just for fun,but I wouldn’t join a swim team.I’m 14 and home schooled

Maxim

There is no requirement here, at least for elementary school. We do yoga every day and the kids play kickball, tee ball and soccer in the yard. They also play group sports in the community.

Enzo

In SC PE is in the same educational group as art and music for elementary kids.

In the summers (we home school year round) we do neighborhood swim team. The rest of the year two of my girls have O.T. and P.T. We count these sessions as P.E. we also do walks in the neighborhood and to the park. Play on the playpark equipment.
We go on nature walks, go biking.

My oldest like to do sprints several times everyday. She uses the pro-sensory input to help self-regulate.

We like to incorporate the exercise with other things such as biology — as we walk, we look at the flowers and bugs and animals we encouter. We do a count of how many we see of each. This not only helps with math, but gives a better understanding of the biodiversity in your neighborhood. When we see a dead frog, we stop and try to identify it parts. We talk about whether the frog is in heaven, or if other frogs feel sad about it or not (ethics for beginers).
We collect acorns and crab apples and go home, research seeds, and try to plant the acorn (some have grown!). We draw pictures of what we saw while we were out, and do journal entries based on our experience.

All this from a P.E. Walk!! That’s what home schooling is about.