Games and Great Ideas: A Guide for Elementary School Physical Educators and Classroom Teachers Book

	Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
Pt. I	Theoretical Considerations for Teaching Games	1
1	Games: The Means or the End?	3
2	Bruegel's Children's Games (1560): Implications for Today's Teachers	10
3	The Developmental Stages of Game Play	15
4	Teaching Children to Understand Games	20
5	Teaching for Understanding: The Bridge between Games and Sports in Scandinavian Countries	25
6	Using Critical Thinking to Teach Sport Skills	34
7	The FIT SPORT Model in Physical Education: The Premise, the Promise, the Pay-Off	38
8	Games Assessment Instrument for Developmentally Appropriate Play	44
9	Teaching Kinesiology through Movement and Games	50
10	Liability and Games: The Teacher's Responsibility	53
Pt. II	An Interdisciplinary Approach to Games	61
11	Cognitive Learning through the Physical	63
12	Games that Teach Academic Skills in Math, Spelling, and Geography	69
13	Acade-motion: Movement Activities Integrating Academic Concepts	73
14	Fitting Together: Activities Designed to Integrate Academic and Physical Education Curriculums	75
15	Environmental Awareness Human Board Game	82
16	Games that Teach Children to H.O.P.E. (Help Our Polluted Earth)	88
17	Using Narrative Stories in the Classroom and Gymnasium	95
18	Vegetable Stir-Fry: A Creative Movement Game	99
19	Every Child a Winner Educational Games	100
20	Designing Games for Fun and Learning in the Classroom	106
21	Children as Partners in Creating Educational Games	110
22	Spell Hockey: A Creative Classroom Table Board Game	113
Pt. III	Games Reflecting Different Cultures	115
23	Selected Games and Dances of the North American Plains Indians	117
24	Bringing History to Life through Games and Storytelling	120
25	The Smithtown Iditarod	125
26	African American Jump Rope Chants and Motor Sequences	127
27	Helping Learning and Physically Challenged Children Acquire Rhythmic Skills through Street Games	133
28	Games Common to the Puerto Rican School System: Multicultural Approach	139
29	Thailand Tag	142
30	Hit and Run Cricket	143
31	Games as a Means for Development: A Scandinavian Approach to Teaching Soccer	147
32	Dutch Games: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Depictions of Children's Games, Toys, and Pastimes	150
Pt. IV	Developmentally Appropriate Behavior through Games	165
33	In Defense of Play: Enhancing the Growth of Young Children	167
34	Serious Play: Ten Suggestions for the Teacher	174
35	An Introduction to the New Games Approach	177
36	New Ways with New Games: Play with a Purpose	180
37	Old Sports and New Games: Rethinking Lead-Up Games	185
38	Games Children Shouldn't Play	190
39	Teaching the Intrinsic Elements of Games to Three- to Eight-Year-Old Children	196
40	Student-Created Games in the Fifth and Sixth Grades	204
41	Dare to Care: A Pedagogical Approach to Cooperative Physical Education	209
42	Developing Sportsmanship and Sharpening Skills through Games	216
43	The Nontraditional Environment for Seventh and Eighth Grade Games	219
44	Helping Seventh and Eighth Grade Students to Express Their Feelings	223
45	Theatre Games: Expressive Movement Activities	226
46	Eliminating Gender-Role Stereotyping in Elementary Physical Education	230
Pt. V	Fitness and Leisure through Games and Sport	237
47	Focusing on Fitness and Fun	239
48	Games that Are Fit to Be Tried	246
49	Fitness Circuits for Fun	250
50	Catch-Up	254
51	Circle Games for Large and Small Groups	257
52	Mr. Rubberband: Game Themes that Develop Fitness	261
53	Swimming Skills and Aquatic Games: Ages Three and Beyond	275
54	Middle School Golf Activities	284
55	Golf Activities for the Physically and Mentally Challenged	289
56	Do You Teach Gymnastics? Why Not?	293
57	Creative Games for Recreational Settings	299
58	Tried and Tested Games for Elementary School Children	302
59	Manipulative Skill Games for Elementary Children	308
60	A Compilation of Original or Modified Games for Elementary School Children	313
61	Purchasing Equipment for Elementary School Games	343
	General Index	347
	Activities Index	353
	About the Editor and Contributors	359