Imaginative P.E. teacher translates 'Harry Potter' game for play in yards, gyms.
A highlight of any "Harry Potter" tale is its look at Quidditch, a soccer-like game wizards play on flying brooms.
Its dazzling special effects - both on the mind and on the big screen - are a key component of Potter creator J.K. Rowling's magical formula for getting video-saturated kids excited about reading again.
But there's no way for us mere "Muggles" (Rowling's term for ordinary humans) to partake of a sport that requires one to fly 50 feet high.
Well, maybe there is.
Better Homes and Gardens magazine's current issue tells how Jodi Palmer, a grade-school physical education teacher in Ohio, adapted Quidditch for ground-level play in a back yard or a gym after she and her kids saw the first Potter movie.
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For official rules of the game go to www.pecentral.org
Posted by rockygirl at August 25, 2004 07:03 AM