Accompanied by a descriptive text, this illustrated guide to movement education for grades one through six provides drawings and examples of movement exercises using balls, wands, ropes, balance beams, ladders, and boxes. The objective is to stimulate awareness of the body as a wholly integrated being. The picture series offers a selection of…

SHAPES--an acronym for the South Plains Child Care Management Services (SpCCMS) Helping, Assisting and Preparing Educators and Staff--is also the name of a preschool readiness curriculum that is being developed for use by administrators and teachers. The first phase of the curriculum development consists of the publication of five books to be used…

One of a series of documents produced by a nationwide network of early childhood education specialists, teachers, parents, and Head Start staff, the guide describes developmental characteristics of preschool and elementary school students by grade level. Arranged into five curriculum areas, the first presents physical, motor, social, cognitive,…