Overview

This text includes 45 activities and strategies as well as 80 exercises and homework assignments that furnish a variety of practical ideas to keep students moving, thinking and acquiring the skills necessary for active life. All of the activities have been used successfully in a variety of physical education settings and performed by children at all levels of fitness. For each activity description readers will find practical techniques to help them put the activity into practice for various grade levels, including: making equipment; motivating students for each activity; presenting the activity; sharing safety hints; and assigning homework.

Full Product Details

Author:   Curt Hinson
Publisher:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Imprint:   Human Kinetics Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.272kg
ISBN:  

9780873224727

ISBN 10:   0873224728
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   26 October 1994
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 11 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Getting ready: children and fitness - an overview of children's fitness, the goals of teaching children fitness, health-related fitness components, the basics of fitness; strategies for teaching children fitness - class organization, children's behaviour and self-responsability, teaching for inclusion, extrinsic and intrisic motivation; exercise descriptions - cardio-respiratory endurance exercises, muscular strength and endurance exercises; flexibility exercises. Part 2 Fitness activities: cardio-respiratory endurance activities - aerobic dance circuit, aerobic task card, around the block, cardio circuit, circle drills, crazy cones, crazy sprint, distance running and walking, flip-flop, four, three, two, one, Frizz-b Fren-z, grass drills, hurdles, in, out and around, interval running, jump and jog, line leader, map reading and run, mirrors, motion pictures, movin' to the beat, pennant fever, run-and-touch task card, shuttle run, slide, hop and run movement course, spot jumping, step aerobics; muscular strength and endurance - ball exercises, beat the bell, circuit training, colour-coded exercises, exercise task card, fitness bag, fitnopoloy, group secret exercises, parachute exercises, partner circuit training, resistance-training circuit; flexibility - flexibility circuit, flexibility photograph, flexibility tag, flexibility task card, magic box, muscle match, secret stretches, stretch-N-go. Appendix: ,aking the equipment you need.

Reviews

<br> A big thank-you to Curt for giving us a most comprehensive, user-friendly, and success-oriented fitness program designed to promote healthy lifestyles for all elementary-age students! <br>Bonnie Hopper, MST<br>Physical Education Specialist, 1992 National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year <br> Fitness for Children provides practical information and shares realistic goals for developing attitudes about fitness. <br>Jewel M. Toyama, MEd<br>Elementary School Physical Educator, Southwest District AAHPERD 1992 Elementary Teacher of the Year<br>

""" """"A big thank-you to Curt for giving us a most comprehensive, user-friendly, and success-oriented fitness program designed to promote healthy lifestyles for all elementary-age students!"""" Bonnie Hopper, MST Physical Education Specialist, 1992 National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year """"Fitness for Children provides practical information and shares realistic goals for developing attitudes about fitness."""" Jewel M. Toyama, MEd Elementary School Physical Educator, Southwest District AAHPERD 1992 Elementary Teacher of the Year """

A big thank-you to Curt for giving us a most comprehensive, user-friendly, and success-oriented fitness program designed to promote healthy lifestyles for all elementary-age students! Bonnie Hopper, MST Physical Education Specialist, 1992 National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year Fitness for Children provides practical information and shares realistic goals for developing attitudes about fitness. Jewel M. Toyama, MEd Elementary School Physical Educator, Southwest District AAHPERD 1992 Elementary Teacher of the Year

Author Information

Curt Hinson is a physical education specialist at Lancashire Elementary School in Wilmington, Delaware. He received his MEd from Widener University in 1989. Hinson uses his more than 10 years of experience in the classroom to write ""Tips From the Trenches,"" a regular column featured in Teaching Elementary Physical Education (TEPE) since 1991. In addition, he has published articles on elementary school fitness and made numerous presentations at conferences around the country. Hinson was the 1991-92 Delaware Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year, the 1992 Eastern District COPEC Physical Education Teacher of the Year, and a finalist for the 1992 National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year. Hinson, who is past vice-president of the Delaware Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, also is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, Council on Physical Education for Children, National Association for Sport and Physical Education, and National Dance Association.

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