Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School

Contents: Preface. 1. Education--a force for democratic living. 2. Physical education -- an integral phase of education. 3. Problems of organization and administration. 4. Planning the program. 5. Directed play. 6. Small group play. 7. Large group play. 8. Team game activities. 9. Rhythmic activities. 10. Stunts, pyramids, and apparatus activities. 11. Classroom games. Bibliography. Index.

From the Preface: "The purpose of this book is to provide those activities, methods , procedures which will aid prospective classroom teachers, as well as those now in service, to assume the responsibility for teaching physical education with a greater measure of success. The materials should also prove helpful to administrators and others who are responsible for administering or supervising the elementary school program. The emphasis is placed upon a way of teaching physical education rather than upon a fixed and rigid program set-up for each day and week. An effort has been made to guide teachers in formulating and conducting a program based upon the needs and interests of any particular group of children."