Teaching children fitness : becoming a master teacher / Thomas Ratliffe and Laraine McCravey Ratliffe.
By: Ratliffe, Thomas
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Contributor(s): Ratliffe, Laraine McCravey | Ratliffe, Laraine McCravey.
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BookSeries: American Master Teacher Program (AMTP) content series: ; American master teacher program (AMTP) content series: Publisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c1994Description: viii, 117 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0873224787 ; 9780873224789.Subject(s): Physical fitness for children -- Study and teaching | Teaching of a specific subject | Children's / Teenage general interest: Sports & outdoor recreationDDC classification: 372.86 | 613.7 RAT | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-116).
Part I: Developmentally appropriate fitness -- Why is it important to teach children fitness? -- Tailoring fitness to fit your teaching situation -- Incorporating fitness into your program -- Principles for teaching fitness -- Assessing children's progress in fitness -- Part II: Teaching developmentally appropriate learning experiences in fitness -- Learning experiences for introducing fitness concepts -- Learning experiences for cardiorespiratory endurance -- Learning experiences for muscular strength and endurance -- Learning experiences for flexibility -- Learning experiences for healthy habits and wellness.
This text presents the why and how of teaching children physical fitness in a developmentally appropriate way. It presents 19 practical child-tested examples of fitness activities called Learning Experiences that are suitable for ages three to eleven.