Full Description
This third edition of Teaching Children Gymnastics will help you tailor a gymnastics program to your teaching situation while combining the best facets of developmental skills, health-related fitness, and conceptual learning based on process characteristics of body, space, effort, and relationships. Internationally renowned author and educator Peter Werner and coauthors Lori Williams and Tina Hall guide you through the process of teaching gymnastics skills and then linking those skills into sequences. Having conducted workshops at all levels, the three authors combine decades' worth of gymnastics knowledge and teaching experience. In this book, they offer updated and new material, including * a chapter on designing gymnastics sequences; * sections on behavior management, inclusion, and advocacy; * information on scope and sequence for grades K to 5; * information based on revised national standards, assessment, and designing of gymnastics sequences; and * additional learning experiences, plus ideas for creating more learning experiences. You will find real-life scenarios that will help you apply the material, and you will learn how to create a positive learning environment for your students. Chapter objectives, summaries, and reflection questions enhance the learning experience. Part I of Teaching Children Gymnastics provides an overview of developmentally appropriate gymnastics, exploring why it should be part of a high-quality elementary physical education program and how the instructional approach used in the book differs from the traditional approach used in physical education. The material in part I will help you plan your program, incorporate it into your curriculum, and assess your students. Part II provides great learning experiences for the skill themes of traveling, statics, and rotation. Each skill theme is broken into categories that help children acquire the skills they need to learn. It's in this portion that they develop sequences that integrate all the skills they have learned. The authors also supply an appendix with forms and handouts, cutting down your preparation time. Teaching Children Gymnastics is a great tool for novice and experienced teachers alike. More than that, it's the perfect resource for opening up the fun and exciting world of gymnastics to youngsters who are always looking for an excuse to perform just the types of skills that they will learn-and design sequences for-through this book.
Contents
Part I Developmentally Appropriate GymnasticsChapter 1 Why Is It Important to Teach Children Gymnastics? Defining Developmentally Appropriate Gymnastics Brief History of Gymnastics Gymnastics Today National Standards for Physical Education How Gymnastics Should Be Taught Where Are We Now? A Look to the Future Summary Questions for Reflection Chapter 2 Tailoring Gymnastics to Fit Your Teaching Situation Planning Developing a Positive Learning Environment Summary Questions for Reflection Chapter 3 Incorporating Gymnastics Into Your Program Scope and Sequence Stages of Gymnastics Task Development in Gymnastics Direct and Indirect Teaching Styles When to Encourage Student Demonstrations Accountability: The Gymnastics Work Ethic Stressing Good Body Mechanics and Aesthetics Skill Themes for Gymnastics Process Variables Learning Experiences What Makes a Learning Experience Developmentally Appropriate? Summary Questions for Reflection Chapter 4 Assessing Children's Progress in Gymnastics New Ways to Assess What to Assess How to Assess Psychomotor Assessment Cognitive Assessment Affective Assessment Reporting What Has Been Assessed Summary Questions for Reflection Part II Teaching Developmentally Appropriate Learning Experiences in GymnasticsChapter 5 Learning Experiences for Traveling Mini-Index And Away We Go Landing Pad Traveling Transformers Bunny Hop Ready for Takeoff Rock and Roll Fantasy Flight Cross at the Intersection Clock Face Beam Me Up Me and My Shadow Additional Ideas for Learning Experiences Chapter 6 Learning Experiences for Statics Mini-Index Patches and Points Push and Pull Same, Different Shoulder Stand Copycat Dimensions Statues Bottoms Up Twins See What I Can Do Lean on Me Additional Ideas for Learning Experiences Chapter 7 Learning Experiences for Rotation Mini-Index Balls, Eggs, and Pencils You've Got It All Backward Sit-Spins Roll, Roll, Roll Your Body Taking a Spin The String Challenge A Roll by Any Other Name . . . Let's Make a Connection Hip Circles Partner Task Cards Feet, Hands, Feet Additional Ideas for Learning Experiences Chapter 8 Designing Gymnastics Sequences What Makes a Good Gymnastics Sequence Sample Gymnastics Sequences
