Building Strong Bones and Muscles: 71 Activities

Description

Osteoporosis and related fracture are serious problems for adults--and the best protection against bone loss later in life is to achieve optimal bone strength during childhood and adolescence. As a teacher or recreation leader, you have the opportunity to enhance children's bone health and muscle strength by using the evidence-based programs and activities provided in Building Strong Bones & Muscles. The book offers practical games and activities that are -research based so you know recreational or PE time is spent on effective, health-promoting activities; -classroom tested to ensure the activities are not only worthwhile but also fun for children; -easy to implement by the general classroom teacher or other leader because they use commonly available physical activity equipment or no equipment at all; -fully illustrated to make the games and activities easy to implement with minimal preparation with the use of reproducible task cards; and -appropriate in a variety of settings, with activities and teaching techniques for three developmental levels, multiple cross-curricular connections, and activity variations. The book presents a variety of ideas for circuits and stations, games, gymnastics, dance, and supplemental activities. You'll also find these features: -Cross-curricular worksheets and reproducibles -Assessment tools - -Achievement recognition and motivation tools that make it easy to implement the activities effectively In as little as 10 minutes a day, three times a week, the preventive measures in Building Strong Bones & Muscles can help your students achieve optimal bone health and muscle strength and decrease their risk of developing osteoporosis.

Bibliography

Graham Fishburne specialises in training teachers and coaches in the area of physical education. He has 30 years of teaching experience and has conducted extensive research on the motor development of young children. Heather McKay has researched the link between physical activity and bone health for more than a decade. Her research findings have been published in the North American media and beyond, including a recent article in New Scientist. Stephen Berg currently teaches undergraduate courses in physical education curriculum and instruction. His PhD research focus is on the effective delivery of healthy bone programmes in elementary schools.