Physical Activities for Elementary School Children

Contents: 1. Introduction. 2. Physical Education and Intellectual Development. 3. The Need for physical activity. 4. The growing child. 5. Children in organized sport activity. 6. The nature of physical education required in schools. 7. Physical activities for Class I-VI. 8. Skills development activities for elementary schools children.

During the past decade, the interest in physical fitness and an increased awareness of benefits derived from an active lifestyle have spawned a wide assortment of health clubs, a vast array of books and magazines concerning exercise and fitness, a weekly smorgasbord of distance runs and triathalons, streamlined exercise equipment, and apparel for virtually any type of physical activity.