A guide to protecting children under eight years old from becoming either lethargic or high-strung Today, many children fall into one of two categories, neither of which is healthy: one group is almost entirely inactive, and the other spends most of their "free" time in highly structured, overly stressful competitive sports that are age-inappropriate. As an expert on children's movement and development, and as a consultant to the Children's Television Workshop, Gymboree, YMCA of the USA, and other groups, Rae Pica shows how the right kinds of activities increase children's enjoyment of physical activity for a lifetime. With straight talk on what works, what doesn't, and why, Pica teaches parents: <ul>
<li>Why raising a Super Kid is as dangerous as raising a Couch Potato </li>
<li>Unique activity ideas and the benefits of "cooperative activities" </li>
<li>How to recognize when a child is too active or not active enough </li>
<li>Why competitive sports programs aren't the answer </li>
<li>And much more </li>
</ul>

Your Active Child: How to Boost Physical, Emotional, and Cognitive Development through Age-Appropriate Activity

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Pica, Rae

Exercise & Fitness

McGraw=Hill

Through Physical Education for Young Children, you can
-learn about the unique needs of 4- to 8-year-olds and write developmentally appropriate lesson plans to meet these needs, 
-provide a logical progression of movement skills and awareness of the elements of movement (space, shape, time, force, flow, and rhythm), and
-develop kids' motor skills, manipulative skills, and fitness while making connections across the curriculum. Physical Education for Young Children: Movement ABCs for the Little Ones author Rae Pica is constantly asked by elementary physical education teachers, “What am I supposed to do with the little ones?” Most college preparatory programs don't address the issue, either, but Pica takes it on in Physical Education for Young Children: Movement ABCs for the Little Ones, coming to the aid of teachers who are stumped when it comes to the developmental needs and abilities of young children.
Physical Education for Young Children places the focus squarely where it needs to be: on the fundamentals. The book provides teachers with the following tools: 
-A logical progression of movement skills, including the ABCs of movement, body-part identification, and nonlocomotor, locomotor, and manipulative skills
-Awareness of the elements of movement: space, shape, time, force, flow, and rhythm
-An understanding of the developmental differences between younger students and their older counterparts 
-Guidance in understanding the unique needs of 4- to 8-year-olds and writing developmentally appropriate lesson plans to meet those needs while making connections across the curriculum 
-Many activities that develop motor skills, manipulative skills, fitness, and the understanding of the elements of movement In addition, Physical Education for Young Children offers guidance in teaching across subject areas to provide an interdisciplinary approach, offers sample lesson plans to meet the unique needs of the little ones, and lists resources for children's music, equipment, and props.
Chapter 1 explores aspects of physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development as they pertain to teaching 4- to 8-year-olds. Chapter 2 helps teachers understand how to use what they know about young children to create and maintain a positive atmosphere in the gym. Chapters 3 and 4 delve into movement concepts and an appropriate progression for acquiring motor skills.
Chapter 5 covers developmentally appropriate fitness for the little ones, and chapter 6 addresses manipulative skills. These skills, which receive the greatest attention in most PE programs, are saved for late in the book because kids need to master basic locomotor and nonlocomotor skills before focusing on manipulating objects. 
Chapter 7 offers guidance on linking the activities in the gym with those in the classroom. This not only generates enthusiasm among the kids, but it also helps PE teachers serve as advocates for the physical education field. The appendixes provide sample lesson plans and a variety of resources.
With Physical Education for Young Children, PE teachers will no longer have to ask what to do with the little ones. They will know—and they will be able to build a physical education curriculum that serves the unique needs of 4- to 8-year-olds.

Physical Education for Young Children: Movement ABCs for the Little Ones

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Human Kinetics

This updated second edition is the complete text on understanding the role of movement in a young child's life and education. It is the only text that combines the theory and practice of how movement education addresses physical, social/emotional, and cognitive development of young children. Written for pre service and in service early childhood educators, this text covers the contents of a movement program, lesson planning, developmentally appropriate teaching methods, and choosing and using music. Also discussed are methods for integrating movement and music throughout the school-day curriculum.

Experiences in Movement with Music, Activities, and Theory

Parenting & Relationships

Family Relationships

Cengage Learning'

The new Moving and Learning Series is a complete movement program of lessons and music for children ages birth to nine. It includes developmentally appropriate activities with movement suggestions, as well as problem-solving challenges to encourage children to respond to creatively.

Moving and Learning Series: Toddlers

Wadsworth Publishing

The new Moving and Learning Series is a complete movement program of lessons and music for children ages birth to nine. It includes developmentally appropriate activities with movement suggestions, as well as problem-solving challenges to encourage children to respond to creatively.

Moving and Learning Series: Preschoolers & Kindergartners

Moving and Learning Series: Early Elementary

Preschoolers & Kindergartners

Delmar Pub

MOVING AND LEARNING + CD TODDLERS

Experiences in Movement is a complete movement education resource for early childhood and physical education professionals who want to understand movement's role in the young child's life and education. It will aid them in making significant contributions to childhood learning and development. This is the only text in the early childhood market to detail why movement education is vital to the lives and education of young children and how to provide it. It thoroughly describes movement's role in the traditional domains of child development (physical, affective and cognitive), as well as in the areas of musical and creative development. The author presents an entire movement program, lesson planning, guidelines for music selection and usage, developmentally appropriate teaching methods and tried and true tips for creating and maintaining a positive learning environment with children on the move. The text goes as far as teaching how to weave movement and music throughout the day, as well as integration across the curriculum, in transitions and for outside learning enhancement. Appendices include "Appropriate Practice in Movement Programs for Children Ages Three-Five" from the National Association for Sport and Physical Education, as well as sources for ordering instruments, recordings, equipment and props.

Experiences in Movement: Birth to Age Eight

Why Play?: How to Make Play an Essential Part of Early Education

Psychology & Counseling

Teachers' College Press

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