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Simpson, Marian – 1977
The manual is designed to provide the physical education teacher or the kindergarten teacher with an orderly sequence of experiences for promoting growth in body awareness, dynamic balance, muscular strength, spatial awareness, and temporal awareness in the 5- and 6-year-old learning disabled child. The 33 weeks of lesson plans are designed for…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Disabilities, Lesson Plans, Motor Development
Download full textSmith, Elizabeth I.
Described are perceptual motor activities in the areas of coordination, agility, strength, balance, and endurance for use with learning disabled children. Provided are a rationale for movement education and definitions of 10 terms such as laterality and endurance. A sequence of activities is provided for the following skills: ball bouncing, rope…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Movement Education
Roswal, Glenn; Frith, Greg H. – 1978
Literature is reviewed regarding the impact of physical activity on development in mildly handicapped (educable mentally retarded and learning disabled) students. Studies showing improvement in self concept after participation in a motor development program are cited. Risk taking in the mildly retarded is examined, and the implications of a change…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Literature Reviews, Mild Disabilities
Krause, Dorothy – Instructor, 1972
Describes the five basic stages of motor development as activities in a perceptual motor program for children of normal intelligence who have learning problems. The program emphasizes the relation between sound motor development and academic achievement. (Author)
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development
Fisher, Ralph; Kronick, Doreen – Acad Therap Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Education, Individual Needs, Instructional Materials, Learning Activities
Van Osdol, Bob M.; And Others – Australian Journal of Mental Retardation, 1974
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities
Jenkins, Rose B.; Slansky, Nancy – 1974
This guide was prepared to include motor development activities that supplement the regular physical education curriculum; it was written primarily for teachers of children with learning problems, but may also offer ideas to any teacher wishing to broaden the motor development experiences in the regular physical education program. The guide is…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Eye Movements, Learning Disabilities
Best, Helen; And Others – 1967
Students in 24 perceptual development classes for the minimally brain injured were studied to determine the effect of structured physical activity on motor skill development, to compare this effect with the effect of unstructured activity, and to determine the effect of an increased amount of time of physical activity. The Johnson Test of Motor…
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Learning Disabilities, Minimal Brain Dysfunction
Wayne - Carroll Public Schools, Wayne, NE. – 1974
Presented is a curriculum guide for a perceptual motor program which was developed by Project Success (Nebraska) through a Title III grant for language learning disabled elementary level students in kindergarten through grade 3. The program is said to be arranged in a hierarchy of skills ranging from simple to complex and to be written so that the…
Descriptors: Body Image, Curriculum Guides, Exceptional Child Education, Kindergarten
PDF pending restorationBurrows, Patricia G., Ed. – 1973
A variety of activities to improve auditory, visual, motor, and academic skills of learning disabled children are presented for teachers' use. Activities are grouped under perceptual skills and color coded for easy access. Given for each activity are the names (such as Milkman Mixup), idea or purpose (one example is improvement of fine motor…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Class Activities, Elementary School Students, Exceptional Child Education
Rarick, G. Lawrence; Broadhead, Geoffrey A. – 1968
The investigation examined the role of physical activity programs in the modification of the motor, intellectual, social, and emotional development of educable mentally retarded children and minimally brain injured children. Forty nine classes of children (275 educable mentally retarded and 206 minimally brain injured) participated in 20 weeks of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art, Behavior Change, Elementary School Students
VALETT, ROBERT E. – 1967
INTENDED FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, REMEDIAL SPECIALISTS, AND PSYCHOLOGISTS, THE HANDBOOK PRESENTS A SERIES OF CONCRETE ACTIVITIES AND EXERCISES FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES. FIFTY-THREE BASIC LEARNING ABILITIES OR RESOURCE PROGRAMS ARE GROUPED UNDER SIX MAJOR AREAS--GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT, SENSORY MOTOR INTEGRATION, PERCEPTUAL…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Curriculum, Curriculum Guides
