This is the Third in a series of 5 activity books covering preschool and the primary grades. Use these classroom-tested movement education activities to assess your students motor strengths and weaknesses in preschool and early elementary grades or special education classes. The sequence of easily given tests and tasks requires minimal instruction time and your kids will find the activities to be interesting, challenging and fun! Book is divided into 3 parts. Part 1 covers Walking Board Activities. Part 2 covers Coordination Ladder Activities Part 3 covers Jump Box Activities

Balance Activities

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Front Row Experience

This book is divided into 2 Parts: Part 1--Tire Activities; and Part 2--Parachute Activities. The book consists of 36 pages and all the activities are sequenced according to difficulty. PART 1 introduces the student to Tire Activities that consists of bicycle tires which are among the most versatile, inexpensive, indestructible and easily obtained teacher tools available for use in the physical education program. They are safe, easy to handle and their shape makes them convenient for storage. Bicycle tires, being lightweight, are more practical than automobile tires thereby allowing for a greater variety of uses. The tires can be painted in a variety of colors and when used with colored bean bags, children can toss the red bean bag into a red tire, blue bean bag into a blue tire, etc. Matching objects that are the same color develops visual perception in your children and reinforces the same skills that are used in a reading readiness program. By using color labels, children can match the word to the appropriate colored tire, thereby helping to build and strengthen the bridge between cognition and language. (Note that, of course, if necessary, due to your particular circumstances, plastic hoops could be substituted for the rubber bicycle tires. However, within this series of 5 books, plastic hoops are already used in their own activities in Book 2. Varying the use of different equipment items keeps the children interested and engaged. Using new equipment items will keep the children from getting bored with the same old items and signal brand new motor development activities and more fun!) PART 2 introduces the student to Parachute Activities that utilize the parachute which represents an exciting catalyst for movement in the physical education program. Movement means life. It means freedom, pleasure, communication and sensuous enjoyment. Inflating the canopy requires teamwork and cooperation. A child learns first hand the meaning of total involvement and so moving through space he gains an understanding of his physical relationship to the real world. The games and exercises develop and strengthen arm and shoulder muscle development and at the same time strengthens wrist and finger muscles. There are wide variations in interests and abilities within a given group, however, all students, regardless of skill and strength, can participate successfully and non-competively in parachute activities. A child must be aware of himself. With this knowledge he is better able to know where he is in space and how he can control his movements. This self-discovery is unique to each child as he explores the infinite number of alternatives in working out a challenge. And as he discovers himself, he will become more accepting of classroom challenges. These parachute activities assist him in improving his sense of rhythm, his basic motor skills and his self-confidence; qualities which have a direct relationship to his physical maturity and his academic performance. The teacher might also want to give the class a brief historical background about the parachute. This could prove stimulating to the children and perhaps would encourage the students to pursue the subject further. The parachute lends itself to both indoor and outdoor use. Space permitting, it is a marvelous activity for rainy days. Each child achieves immediate success and gratification. The removal of competition and the risk of failure, creates a positive attitude toward learning both in and out of the classroom.

Tire, Parachute Activities

This book is an intensive beginning program of perceptual-motor activities for ALL your preschool to first grade students AND your special education classes. Like the Level-2 book, it is fully illustrated, covers a 25 week period, contains program background setup information, evaluation scale, performance objectives, equipment construction diagrams (or equipment sources, if you don't want to make your own), plus activities kids can do at home, and special Perception Games the teacher can use to go along with the programed activities, and especially helpful sample letters to parents and organizational forms and information in setting up your own Perceptual-Motor Program. Each week is made up of three activity stations and is sequenced according to difficulty. This is a wire bound 5.5" x 8.5" oblong 216 page book with one activity station per page. To do an activity, simply turn to the activity you want and flip the others out of the way! Or activity pages can be easily detached, laminated, and used as individual activity cards!

Perceptual-Motor Lesson Plans, Level 1: Basic and "Practical" Lesson Plans for Perceptual-Motor Programs in Preschool and Elementary Grades

Capon, Jack

Alexander, Frank

This book is an intensive program of perceptual-motor activities for ALL your 2nd to 3rd grade students AND your special education classes. It contains 25 weeks of higher level activity stations organized in the same manner as the Level-1 book and has the added features of an extra 4th activity station and special sections on Movement Exploration activities and Game activities for each and every week! This specailly formatted edition is fully illustrated with 25 weeks of activity stations sequenced according to difficulty including evaluation scale, performance objectives, program background information, and equipment construction diagrams (or sources of equipment, if you don't want to make them). It is a wire bound 5.5" x 8.5" oblong 236 page book with one activity station per page. To do an activity, simply turn to the Activity you want and flip the others out of the way! Or activity pages can be easily detached, laminated, and used as individual activity cards!

Perceptual-Motor Lesson Plans, Level 2: Basic and "Practical" Lesson Plans for Perceptual-Motor Programs in Preschool and Elementary Grades

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Step by Step: A Complete Movement Education Curriculum from Preschool to 6th Grade

Kogan, Sheila

Perceptual-Motor Whole Numbers: A Perceptual-Motor Academic Program of Whole Number Math & Time Telling Activities for Elementary Grades

Tom Hall

Parachute Movement Activities: A Complete Parachute Movement Program for Elementary Grades and Beyond

French, Ron

Creative Games for Teaching English: Fun & Wonderful Sourcebook of Knowledge, Vocabulary & Grammar Games to Supplement Your English Lessons for Gifted

Reference

Levin, Beatrice

Words, Language & Grammar

This comprehensive social game book is an eye-opening analysis of the behavioral dynamics of children in the contemporary classroom. It includes over 75 interactive, fun, social games and shows you how to effectively lead Social Play sessions in the classroom. Research has proven that this method of improving social skills actually increases test scores by 30%, because students become less antagonistic, more cooperative and more capable of increased attentiveness. Contains the secrets to enriching the entire school environment.

Games We Should Play in School: A Revealing Analysis of the Social Forces in the Classroom and a Practical Approach to Understanding and Shaping Them Including over 55 Dynamic and

Humor & Entertainment

Aycox, Frank

Puzzles & Games

Poetry in Motion: Poems and Activities for Moving & Learning With Young Children

Pica, Rae

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