Describes a physical fitness program for children under age 5 conducted three times a week in a full-size gymnasium converted into a safe place for young normal and handicapped children. (ED)

Advertisements can be effective stimuli for creative writing.

In order to examine the relationship between name writing and the drawing of a person, samples of both were collected from 112 preschool children (23-63 months old). (PNR)

Discusses different foods with reference to oxidation and energy production. Amino acid assays are provided for eggs, steak, rice, and lentils and white and dark turkey meat is analyzed for energy and power outputs. (MA)

Suggests several teaching techniques which encourage creative independent writing by providing needed structure. (DD)

Children's sense of audience in writing can be enhanced by conscious audience analysis, exercises in taking other points of view, and writing sessions encouraging peer interaction. (DD)

Physical exercise self-management techniques are discussed as valuable aids in producing changed behaviors. Since people tend to bring their attitudes in line with their behaviors, rather than vice versa, behavior change is seen to ultimately result in attitude change. (MJB)

Women who play golf at the same rate of speed as men will use energy at a higher rate, but the rapidity with which the course is completed, which is dependent on the number of members of the golfing party, is a factor in the caloric expenditure of both sexes. (JD)

Students who understand why physical activity is important are more likely to be physically active all their lives. (JD)

This article describes a workshop designed to explore the integration of mental and physical discipline, with the results indicating that the development of the body may be supported through appropriate mental discipline. (MB)

Suggests writing exercises which involve composing the solution to a mystery. (JM)

Uses a single language system--technical description--to illustrate how language systems can now be used as the basis for instruction in technical writing. Provides sample exercises in progressive teaching from simple description to complex continuity devices, showing how they can be used at all stages of the writing process. (HTH)