This new book offers an accessible guide to movement
games with children ages three upwards. These games are all tried and
tested with children and are the basis for the author's extensive
teacher training work. The book also explores children's personal
development and how this is expressed in movement, play, and games. Each
game contains a description of why this game is helpful and needed at a
particular age. In this way it offers a fascinating insight into the
threshold experiences of childhood. Each game is clearly and
simply described, with diagrams or drawings. There are separate chapters
with games for different age groups that deal with child development
questions. There are games for mixed ages, playground games, and water
games to help with swimming. This book will be a must for every
teacher, both as a standby and as an essential classroom resource. It
also offers an enjoyable way to enhance teamwork, coordination, spatial
awareness, and insight into child development, and games that are both
fun and therapeutic. 224 pp.
Hawthorn Press
Paperback
Published: May 1997
978-1-869890-78-0