Want an innovative way to get young children moving--and support development across multiple domains? Discover CHAMPPS, the fun, effective, and research-based motor program for inclusive preschool classrooms. Filling the need for a school-based motor program designed for children with diverse abilities, CHAMPPS uses universal design for learning…

Examples are provided of ways in which gross motor activities are integrated into mathematics, language arts, social studies, art, and music and creative movement concepts for preschool- and primary-age children with special needs. (CL)

The booklet describes a series of obstacle course relays designed to promote motor, communication, and leadership skills in students with disabilities. An introductory section reviews management of relays in terms of starting, finishing, and scoring. For the succeeding 26 relays, information is given on age levels, objectives, equipment, sequence,…

The author criticizes the lack of opportunity given to children to learn the motor patterns involved in handwriting and describes a sequence of chalkboard activities to promote the perceptual motor skills required. Illustrations of the sequence are provided. (CL)

Desk and chair activities for use with handicapped and nonhandicapped elementary children in the classroom are described. The activities require minimal equipment while providing opportunities for vigorous physical movement. Activities are discussed which feature using the aisles between desks, sitting at the desks, and performing circuit and…

Games analysis process is a process whereby teachers of handicapped students can design games to accommodate individual motoric differences, as well as to promote specific behavioral outcomes such as cooperation. (SBH)

The paper describes a Logo environment designed by an occupational therapist to help 10 disabled students (6-9 years old) explore relative distance, directionality, and spatial relations. The program's goals include enhancing students' language development, planning skills, decision making, risk taking, and problem solving. Logo is briefly…

Background, rationale, and techniques for using movement exploration to teach preswimming skills to developmentally delayed persons are given. Objectives (beyond the primary one of safety) of such a program include body awareness, spatial awareness, movement, and perceptual motor functions. Guidelins for activity selection and adaptation are…

The article describes tasks that promote perceptual motor coordination in handicapped students. An introductory section provides suggestions for implementation and charts the activities in terms of emphasis on visual tracking, visual discrimination and/or copying of forms, spatial body perception, fine motor coordination, tactile discrimination,…

Activities designed to increase the movement ability and enjoyment of disabled students are described. The first section discusses three activities--aerial shuffleboard, aerial golf, and bottles and eggs--designed to improve eye-hand coordination and throwing ability. The use of cardboard walking stilts is discussed as a method to improve…

Developed as part of the Physical Education In-Service Training Project of the University of Kentucky, this manual is designed to help special education teachers and adapted physical education teachers promote the motor and play skills of handicapped students through planned activities. Content areas of the manual were identified as "greatest…

This publication is a compilation of monographs offering practical suggestions for teachers of adapted physical education. It contains numerous suggestions on teaching techniques, activity adaptations, equipment modifications, programming information, coaching hints, skill development strategies, and curriculum data. The five sections offer…

The document provides information on physical activities for handicapped and young nonhandicapped children. Activities are explained to include individual, small group, and large group experiences. Entries for five activities provide information on equipment needed; areas of concern (motor, perceptual motor, or physical skills); procedures; rules;…

One of 10 documents developed for preschool programs for handicapped children, the parent activity catalog is a selection of activities suitable for parent volunteers to do with preschool children in a nursery school setting and is intended to supplement the Parent Volunteer System Manual which describes ways to utilize parents in the classroom.…

A circuit approach and station techniques are used to depict perceptual motor games for handicapped and nonhandicapped children. Twenty activities are described in terms of objectives, materials, and procedures, and their focus on visual tracking, visual discrimination and copying of forms, spatial body perception, fine motor coordination, tactile…