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Download full textBuis, Joyce M.; Schane, Catherine S. – Practical Pointers, 1980
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…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Motor Development, Movement Education
Thome, Kathleen – Practical Pointers, 1980
The author discusses how land activities can be adapted to water so that individuals with handicapping conditions can participate in circuit training activities. An initial section lists such organizational procedures as providing vocal and/or visual cues for activities, having assistants accompany the performers throughout the circuit, and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Motor Development
Sorrell, Howard M. – Practical Pointers, 1979
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,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Learning Activities, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
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
Grosse, Susan J. – Practical Pointers, 1981
Intended for teachers of students with severe multiple impairments, the booklet examines the role of physical activities in the education of this population and suggests approaches to exhancing their motor development. Suggestions are offered for stimulating movement in preschool, elementary, and secondary immobile children, including tactile…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Motor Development
Bauer, Dan – Practical Pointers, 1981
The booklet discusses the aerobic fitness capacities of severely/profoundly retarded students and discusses approaches for improving their fitness. An initial section describes a method for determining the student's present fitness level on the basis of computations of height, weight, blood pressure, resting pulse, and Barach Index and Crampton…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Aerobics, Athletics, Elementary Secondary Education
Bauer, Dan – Practical Pointers, 1981
Intended for physical education teachers, the booklet offers ideas for incorporating aerobic conditioning into programs for moderately mentally retarded students. An explanation of aerobic fitness and its benefits is followed by information on initiating a fitness program with evaluation of height, weight, body fat, resting heart rate, and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Aerobics, Athletics, Elementary Secondary Education
Johnson, Susan – Practical Pointers, 1981
The paper introduces the concept of movement education for handicapped students and discusses implications of the concept for learning. Guidelines are given for planning, implementing, and evaluating the program. A sample lesson plan is followed by discussions of prerequisites of efficient movement and screening activities. Suggestions for…
Descriptors: Athletic Equipment, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities
Instructor, 1983
Over 80 short activity ideas covering many areas of the curriculum are compiled for teachers of preschool, kindergarten, and the early grades. Six "readiness roundup" sections, which feature ideas for use in classroom learning centers, give activities for teaching: (1) likenesses and differences; (2) direction; (3) letter and sound…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Basic Skills, Cooking Instruction, Creative Activities
Elliott, Alison, Ed. – Every Child, 2000
This document is comprised of the four 2000 issues of a periodical published by the Australian Early Childhood Association focusing on the needs of children from birth to 8 years and on issues related to child care and early childhood education in Australia. Each issue features articles focusing on a particular theme along with editorials and…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, At Risk Persons, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Brain
