Education Through Physical Activities: Physical Education and Recreation for Elementary Grades

This book presents a program of physical recreation activities which can be included in elementary school physical education. Purposes of a good program, it is pointed out, must extend beyond exercise to include opportunities for social and recreational learnings as well as for improved mental and emotional health. The authors have attempted to show how the program can be developed on a worth while basis in the many varying situations found in American elementary schools. Attention has been given to the fact that available facilities and space will make a difference in the kind of program that can be conducted.

The material is divided into four sections. The first section is devoted to principles of child growth and development as they apply to physical education and the factors involved in selection of activities and program planning and evaluation. The second part details suggested activities for the outdoor program, including methods