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These noncompetitive games, which focus on pure movement rather than dance or music, stress excitement, humor, challenge, surprise, and cooperation. Players just need enthusiasm and a willingness to explore activities with others.

"The primary objective of this book is to create a context for active learning--that is, where movement, play, exercise belong in relation to the rest of what and how we learn."--Intro.

"Through Purposeful Play: Early Childhood Movement Activities on a Budget, you can create an exciting, easy-to-use movement program for minimal cost. The activities will help preschool through early elementary age children learn movement, fitness, and nutrition skills and concepts, and have lots of fun doing it."--Jacket.

"Games for the Whole Child is designed to promote physical activity (both now and in the future) through 61 games that simultaneously meet the unique social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs of students in grades K-8. Used cumulatively, the variety of games will help you meet all the newest NASPE (National Association for Sport and Physical Education) standards. With these games in hand, educators can employ a holistic, "whole child learning"...

These activities bring out the strong movement impulses in children, who love to burn off energy by spontaneously dancing around the living room or running from place to place. Children will develop an awareness for their bodies, time, space, weight, locomotion, flow, and shape. Performed quickly or slowly, with music or without, solo or in a group, these activities make for fun, engaging educational experiences for children.