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Kirchner, Glenn – 1978
Both structured and exploratory methods of teaching are outlined in this book on teaching physical education to elementary school children. It is divided into seven major sections. Part one describes the purposes of the contemporary physical education program and outlines the basic characteristics and needs of young children. Human movement is the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Games
Download full textFankhauser, Glenda; And Others – 1977
This document contains a 44-page child assessment checklist developed by the Circle Preschool First Chance Project, a government-funded model program for integrating handicapped children into regular classes. Six skill areas of child development are detailed: language, cognitive, gross motor, fine motor, socio-emotional and self-help. Included are…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Handicapped Children
Alpha Plus Corp., Piedmont, CA. – 1977
This classroom screening device was developed by the Circle Preschool First Chance Project, a government-funded program to integrate handicapped children into regular classroom activities, for use in preschools, nursery schools, Head Start centers and other agencies working with young children. It is designed to give a gross measure of a child's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Handicapped Children, Language Acquisition
Albinson, J.G., Ed.; Andrew, G.M., Ed. – 1976
This collection of papers reviews the effects of sport and physical activity on children. It is organized around six sections representing the basic disciplines that contribute to a broad view of the child in sport and physical activity: physiology; medicine; growth and development; psychology; sociology; and motor learning. Although each paper…
Descriptors: Athletics, Child Development, Children, Exercise (Physiology)
Tucker, Jamie, Comp.; And Others – 1976
Presented are descriptions of 245 activities for use with young handicapped children. The activities, compiled by teachers in the Austin Early Childhood Special Education Program, are grouped according to the following 12 areas: pre-academic, language, science, perceptual, motor, games, music and creative expression, social-emotional, arts and…
Descriptors: Activities, Class Activities, Creative Expression, Early Childhood Education
Schmiedlin, James P. – Bureau Memorandum, 1975
Discussed are approximately 60 physical activities for institutionalized severely retarded children. (CL)
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Exceptional Child Education, Games, Institutionalized Persons
Ross, Sheila A. – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Leadership, Mental Retardation, Mild Mental Retardation
Hess, Jack, Comp.; And Others – 1981
Methods and techniques for implementing an adapted physical education program are provided in this guide for elementary physical education teachers. The recommended screening test, "Revised Motor Activity Scale," consists of observable items which are not scored and performance items in three categories which are scored: (1) body awareness and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Motor Development
Littman, Karen; Leslie, Lin – 1978
Based on the Preschool Recreation Enrichment Program (PREP), the manual--one third of which consists of appendixes--is intended to assist recreation personnel in developing programs addressing the motor and associative learning needs of preschool children who demonstrate delays in motor, language, and/or socialization skills. The manual describes…
Descriptors: Child Development, Enrichment Activities, Handicapped Children, Language Acquisition
Claycomb, Mary – 1978
Current research on brain activity has many implications for educators. The triune brain concept and the left and right hemisphere concepts are among the many complex theories evolving from experimentation and observation. The triune brain concept suggests that the human forebrain has expanded while retaining three structurally unique formations…
Descriptors: Cerebral Dominance, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Educational Change
Sorrell, Howard M. – Practical Pointers, 1978
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…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Depth Perception, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
National Accreditation Council for Agencies Serving the Blind and Visually Handicapped, New York, NY. – 1979
Standards for programs serving multiply handicapped-visually handicapped students are presented in one of 16 self study and evaluation guides. Standards encompass the following 10 areas: planning and organization, personnel, basic personal independence, communications, development of personal awareness, music, motor development, prevocational…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Motor Development, Multiple Disabilities
Watkinson, E. J.; Wall, A. E. – 1979
The document provides information on the PREP Program for young moderately mentally retarded children, a program which offers individualized instruction in selected play skills, small group activity to facilitate the practice of play skills, and the encouragement of purposeful play within a stimulating free play environment. It is explained that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Group Activities, Individualized Instruction, Moderate Mental Retardation
Arnold, Justine; Grogan, Jane, Ed. – 1980
This instructional handbook is one of a series of ten packets designed to form a comprehensive course in nutrition for secondary students. This booklet examines some of the more common myths associated with sport nutrition and provides basic guidelines for sound dietary habits for both athletes and nonathletes. It contains a page of teaching…
Descriptors: Athletes, Dietetics, Eating Habits, Exercise Physiology
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Special Education. – 1979
The book presents 17 papers originally presented at a 1978 Texas conference on educational methods for deaf-blind and severely handicapped students, covering the areas of motor development, auditory assessment and hearing loss, communication, cognition, prevocational training, and functional living skills. Titles and authors include "An Overview…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Daily Living Skills
