A survey of 75 parents of elementary students with physical disabilities investigated their perspectives regarding the factors essential for placement into integrated physical-education programs. Results found they believed that class size, program support, physical and communicative skills, health status, and motivation were prerequisites of an…

Elementary school students were surveyed to determine their liking of physical education activities over eight months. Each student participated in 18 activity units during the study period. Results indicated children preferred skill-related over health-related activities, though they enjoyed all of the activities in the curriculum. (SM)

Steps that physical educators can take to ensure that their gymnastics programs are top notch include asking local experts for help, focusing on student learning and assessment, using solid lead-ups and progressions, emphasizing safety, using teaching situations, providing feedback, managing the class effectively, being budget conscious, and…

Movement is essential to the physical and cognitive development of young children. Developmentally appropriate dance and movement activities at preschools and elementary schools in Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska are described, along with connections between movement and literacy and numeracy instruction. (SV)

Describes an integrated curriculum project, Fit Newton's Great Adventure, that combined science, reading, writing, and physical education in cooperative problem-solving tasks. This hands-on learning experience was successfully implemented with at-risk fifth graders at a rural elementary school. Five tables provide illustrations of project…

Describes the work of legally blind gym teacher Steve Sloan, asserting that he sees and shares the big picture in teaching and molding his elementary school students. In his class, challenges are viewed as opportunities. (EV)

The purpose of elementary movement and fitness education is to help every child achieve optimum growth and development through activities. The Utah State Core Curriculum has provided standards and objectives that will fulfill this goal. This resource guide for elementary school teachers contains three to four detailed activities based on the Utah…

This document summarizes 20 articles and books which stress the importance of movement in the overall development of the human species. Each summary ranges in length from 100 to 200 words and often includes direct quotations. A wide range of movement activities suitable for people of all ages (from infants to adults) are discussed. Many summaries…

A report is given of a pilot project intended to develop, implement, and maintain a daily program of physical activity in kindergarten through grade eight in nine elementary Catholic schools of varying size, pupil composition, and facilities. Information is provided on the methodology of program implementation, pilot school selection criteria, and…

This advisory list includes instructional media appropriate to the health, safety, and physical education programs in schools. Items are listed by type of media: books, films, filmstrips, kits, recordings, or study prints, and range from primary to senior high school grade levels. Entries in the list were selected from those materials submitted by…

Contingency management is a system focused on managing the motivation of students, and can be developed and utilized in any type of physical education environment from elementary to college levels. An analysis of two existing contingency management learning systems (one for a fifth-grade gymnastics unit and the other for a seventh- and eigth-grade…

This guide for teachers, in English and Spanish, examines how assigned sex roles affect grade school girls in competitive sports, simple games, pastimes, and other extracurricular activities. A pre-test and post-test are included to measure the user's awareness of sexual stereotypes. Five object lessons cover the following topics: (1) myths that…

Elementary school students were interviewed with the goal of determining characteristics and behavioral patterns they considered appropriate for one sex or the other in participation in sports. Children from kindergarten through the sixth grade were examined and compared by grade, sex, and race in their gender-related attitudes. The instrument…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades K-6. SUBJECT MATTER: Physical Education--includes sections on a) exploring movement, b) locomotor and nonlocomotor skills, c) perceptual-motor skills, d) object manipulation, e) ball handling, f) rhythms, g) gymnastics, and h) physical fitness. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The first section presents a program…

This is a guide for teachers of physical education in the elementary schools of Vietnam. It consists of the following chapters: (1) Definition and Objectives of P.E. and the Teacher's Role; (2) Organization and Orientation of the P.E. program; (3) Methods for Teaching P.E.; (4) P.E. for grades 1 to 5; (5) P.E. for handicapped children; (6) Sports.…