The purpose of this study was to investigate the initiative spirit enhancing method through applying the sport education curriculum model on the gymnastics unit of elementary school. In the actual scenes of schools, the gymnastics is instructed carelessly because of the insufficient facilities and equipments, teacher\'s lacks of practical technique abilities. This circumstances are resulting in distorting or reducing of the educational meanings of gymnastics such as learning of diverse movements, enhancing of body control and community spirit, responsibility. To overcome these problems, it can have educational meanings that looking for ways to give students skill-acquirement, understanding of tactical game and promotion of voluntary participation in sports, cultivating creativity through applying of the sport education curriculum model on the gymnastics unit. The application of the sport education curriculum model on the gymnastics unit can be accomplished by a series of procedures as follows; first, making understand students the characteristics of management of physical education class, Second, exercising the basic and applied skills, third, expressing cultural creative movement in composing applied skills and playing, fourth, making understand students game management method, fifth, helding mini-olympic and having reflecting time on the participant experience and present opinions of strength and weakness of groups.
※ Key words : gymnastics, creativity, sport education curriculum model