
by Barbara Wnek (Author)
Add fun, fitness, and motor skill development to the holiday seasons with holiday Games and Activities. These fun activities, developed and field tested by an experienced elementary physical education specialist, promote the spirit of the season in classes and help provide quality physical education for children aged 5 through 11. They're excellent teaching resources for elementary physical educators, recreation directors, and playground supervisors. Holiday Games and Activities divides the school year into eight seasons: Back to School; Halloween; Thanksgiving; Winter, Christmas, and Hanukkah; Valentine's Day, Presidents' Day and Groundhog Day ; St. Patrick's Day; Easter; Summer. For each holiday or season, there are physical fitness activities, skills, games, rhythm and dance activities, and illustrates bulletin board ideas. Games and activities like Thankful Turkey Tag, Scrambled Eggs relay race, and Escape From the Spiders obstacle course get students involved and excited about physical education. And their excitement males teaching fun, too! To make the games simple to teach, Holiday games and Activities has easy-to-find information that includes: Ages for which the activity is appropriate, activity goals, space required, equipment needs and preparation requirements, safety considerations, adaption suggestions, and teaching hints. There are also over 30 certificates and decoration to reproduce and use.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 184
Publisher: Human Kinetics Europe Ltd
Published: 01 Mar 1991
ISBN 10: 0873223551
ISBN 13: 9780873223553
Barbara Wnek developed the fun activities in Holiday Games and Activities in her own physical education classes. Since 1977, she has taught children from ages 3 through 14 in both public and private settings. She believes in creating fun, success-oriented learning experiences to help students enjoy physical education.
Barbara currently teaches physical education to kids in elementary school in the Ferguson-Florissant School District near St. Louis, Missouri. During the summer, she serves as the physical education director for the Gifted Resource Council's summer camps, where she creates and teaches physical education activities related to the camps' varying themes. She is also a certified aerobics instructor and an American Red Cross first aid, CPR, and swimming instructor.
Barbara earned her master's degree in elementary education with an emphasis in exercise physiology from the University of Missouri--St. Louis. She is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD).