The Rider Reading Program is a Foundation community initiative that encourages students to read together and at the same time, provides them an opportunity to meet one of their favorite players! Through building an association between our brand and daily reading, the aim is to have kids enjoy and maintain positive feelings towards reading.

Dates are posted accordingly: The times account for afternoon-evening sessions, but can inquire about visiting the school and classrooms.

As part of a unit on neuroscience, 6th graders in Channa Comer's class work in teams to design football helmets to protect against brain injury. Using eggs to model the brain, groups design helmets that will keep the egg from cracking. Channa takes her class through the steps that engineers use when working on a design, from brainstorming to final testing. The students work within two constraints-- the helmet has to stay on the head and the helmet has to prevent the skull from cracking. After the groups work together to design helmets, they test, revise, and retest their designs as necessary.

"The Move Think Learn Series supports physical activity leaders and teachers working with children and youth in Kindergarten to Grades 9 develop their physical literacy – knowledge, confidence, and competence – through unique, inclusive, and fun activities.

Using a Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) approach, children work through tactical gameplay problems, think through options and skills, and learn how to apply this learning to broader gameplay situations."

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Unit plans included are:
1. Archery in Focus (4-6)
2. Badminton in Focus (4-6)
3. Basketball in Focus (4-6)
4. Basketball in Focus (7-9)
5. Canoe/Kayak in Focus (4-6)
6. Cricket in Focus (7-9)
7. Curling in Focus (4-6)
8. Cycling in Focus (4-6)
9. Football in Focus (K-3)
10. Football in Focus (4-6)
11. Football in Focus (7-9)
12. Team Handball (4-6)
13. Hockey in Focus (7-9)
14. Ringette in Focus (4-6)
15. Soccer in Focus (4-6)
16. Soccer in Focus (7-9)
17. Softball in Focus (4-6)
18. Squash in Focus (4-6)

Invasion games: soccer, basketball, football, rugby and hockey.
Target games: golf, archery, bowling, bocce ball, and billiards.
Net/wall games: tennis, volleyball, squash and badminton.
Striking/fielding games: baseball, cricket, softball and kickball.
Chasing & Fleeing Games
Movement Skill Games
Cooperation Games
Health & Fitness Games