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Sher, Allen – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Five outdoor games beneficial to the development of children's motor skills are described. (LH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Childrens Games, Learning Activities, Motor Development
Riggs, Maida – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
The University of Massachusetts has designed a preschool laboratory gym program for 2 1/2 - 5 year olds to encourage the development of a wide range of abilities, specifically, to provide practice in climbing, balancing, hanging, jumping, running, sliding, swinging, and ball handling. (JMF)
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Laboratory Schools, Motor Development
Rarick, G. Lawrence – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1980
The shaping of human motor development is demonstrated by the orderly sequence of events which occur throughout the individual's development process. Muscular strength and proficiency in gross motor skills improve with advancing chronological age throughout childhood and adolescence, with sex differences in performance tending to favor males. (JN)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Body Weight, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Staniford, David J. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
Children have a need and a right to active, movement-oriented play. With the aid of an imaginative parent, such play can assist in the maturation of a child's cognitive ability and serve as a means of developing basic motor skills. (LH)
Descriptors: Body Image, Child Development, Childrens Games, Educational Needs
