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Thursday, November 17,1983/The Battalion/Page 3 International group to sponsor Olympics Easy listening m usic Sandra Sutphen, Battalion photo Drawing listeners to the “original student radio” are Chris Dominy, Griff Bludworth, and Martha Glenn. They set up their equipment outside of Rudder Tower on Tuesday to attract listeners to KANM, the 24-hour music station. by Darla Bucaram Battalion Reporter Next semester, students from the 106 countries represented on campus will match opposing forces during the International Mini-Olympics. Vui Le, president of the cam pus Vietnamese-American Association and chairman of the International Students Associa tion sports committee, says the event should help bring interna tional students closer together and increase student awareness of the different nationalities. The success of the Viet- namese-American Association Olympics at Texas A&M last year, prompted Tina Watkins, the international student cam pus adviser, to start the Interna tional Mini-Olympics, Le said. “Last year was the Fifth con secutive year (First time at Texas A&M) that the Vietnamese- American Associations of' Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana got together to have our own mini-olympics,” Le said. “Over 1,200 people showed _ up,” he said. “It was a lot of fun. It was a two day affair and every : one had a good time. It gave us the chance to see and get to know each other.” The date for the mini- olympics hasn’t been set, but Le said the association plans to hold it in late February. “There will be two days of games,” Le said. “The First day, Saturday, will be for indoor games, the second, Sunday, for outdoor games.” APPEARING at XWURPHEY'S PRIZNER Friday St Saturday Night, Nov. 18,19 Moderate dress code, Relaxed Atmosphere Walton or at Texas Ave. East Gate 696-1043 ■ to y icet ilfllh cail of Mr[ rogram develops motor skills, ids a child’s physical fitness Si exico’il os Vi by Brenda Bivona Battalion Staff Acquiring physical fitness ills at a young age hopefully uld increase a child’s chances Jf remaining physically Fit later L ™Ii life, a Texas A&M associate SerenMrofessor of health and physical fiducation says. I The Texas A&M Motor De- Ijelopment Lab Program works ce wwith children to help them learn fow« !e physical fitness skills that mi^iijOukl help them later in life. veiotM Associate professor Dr. Carl II started the program 1 ‘ ’’four years ago. u U 'iB P ro g ram * s based on re- ™ r |search of child psycho-motor be- Bavior, service to the community by developing physical Fitness in .local children and teaching. One division of the program " focuses on early motor develop- nancelfoent in three and four-year- camp$>lds. The Early Childhood Motor Development and Re- a TodVarch Lab is in the Child Move- ent Center in G. Rollie White loliseum. The sights and sounds of laughing, running, giggling and fdimbing emerge from the cen ter which is stuffed with equip- ijnent. A large blue gymnastic at with the alphabet and num- rs printed on it, red and yel low hoops, ladders, red balls, a all blue trampoline, balance ams, hula hoops and swinging pes fill the room. “One, two, three, GO!” proc- ims Noah, a four-year-old in his second year in the program. “1 want to practice some more.” Noah was “twinkling,” a ".rhythm exercise in which chil- eesc*dren jump over two long sticks I kncfas student teachers tap out /oust' rhythms on the floor. During the eight-week prog- ec | ; ram, student teachers conduct activities which help improve such skills as locomotion. The exercises include rolling, run- ^0 ning, and climbing, body and I f i space awareness, rhythm and F visual motor control. niJ Th e skills are learned I through elementary activities like rolling balls across the gym, rolling on the floor “like a log” and crawling under things. The objective of the physical jfj fitness program is to enhance fundamental motor efficiency, perceptual motor awareness, fit ness, confidence, creativity, a positive self-image and joy and appreciation of movement, Gab bard said. Parents can accompany their children to the Child Movement Lab. Some of them offer en couragement to their three or four-year-old child. Most of the parents sit around talking about their child’s latest accomplish ments. “The program is excellent for many reasons,” Eileen Homer, a “The program is excel lent for many reasons,” Eileen Homer, a mother whose daughter is in the program, said. “It builds motor movement skills, develops socialization, and teaches the children to follow directions. that need improvement. “Physical fitness skills are easier to learn when you’re lit tle,” Cheryl Holloway, an Elementary Education major and student teacher in the lab, said. “By learning physical fit ness skills the kids also learn how to do things in front of others without being embarassed. “Another important thing is they learn to play without their parents being right next to them. It helps develop confi dence and independence.” People are beginning to real ize that children who are good athletes in grade school will be a better athlete later, Marilyn McCormick, a student teacher, said. “After learning how to kick and throw, the children have the primary skills,” she said. “Then they will be better prepared to learn advanced skills.” Parents of local three and four-year-olds can get their chil dren involved in the program by calling Dr. Carl Gabbard at the Department of Health and Phy sical Education. Twenty-six openings are available each sesston. Currently 70 children are on the waiting list. The program cost $10. The Society for Entrepreneurship and New Ventures NORMAN BRINKER S 17th 301 RUDDER at 7:30 p.m. all students and faculty welcome! We Do It Right.. .For You| as Aif stand juses: lasses mother whose daughter is in the program, said. “It builds motor movement skills, develops socialization, and teaches the children to follow directions. They also gain basic knowledge, such as learning their right from their left. “The kids here have no fear because the activities are low- keyed. It is very non threatening.” Kathleen Richardson has a five-year-old son who has com pleted the program, a three- year-old daughter who is now in the program. Another son is on the waiting list. “I like the program because you get feedback on what skills your child is doing well at and which ones he needs help with,” Richardson said. “Through the program we discovered that our five-year-old was having trouble distinguising his left from his right. We had no idea until the program brought this out.” At the end of each session, the instructor pins an animal cutout to each child’s shirt. The cutout lists what the child did in lab that day, how he excelled and areas te’re Priced Right! ON PERSONAL PORTABLES! VJI Xl ■ ktl WB » te ■ (ston 7^ tep(lones , and more a. 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