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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 |
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