Engage the minds and bodies of students in grades PK–2 in learning fun with Gross Motor Fun! This 160-page book helps students improve academic skills, fitness, motor skills, and confidence with more than 200 games and activities. It also explores the connection between learning and movement. Written by a Certified Adaptive Physical Educator, the book includes a skills matrix, checklists, strategies, a glossary, and educational definitions. It supports NCTE, NCTM, NAEYC, and NASPE standards.

"Games for Motor Learning provides you with 111 games that enhance motor skill development through cooperative learning. You can quickly and easily find games appropriate for your needs and immediately put them to use in your curriculum. Each game engages kids' minds, keeps their bodies active and moving, and can be used for various skill levels. While students are having a blast playing these games, they'll be improving their balance,manipulative skills, locomotor skills, and social skills." "Games for Motor Learning will help students develop their motor skills based on a sound theoretical model. Your students might not care about the theory, but their laughter and excitement in playing the games will parallel their skill development. And that makes Games for Motor Learning a win-win proposition for students and teachers alike."--BOOK JACKET.

This book explains the best practices and procedures for helping children master the finger and hand skills needed for home and school activities.

Gross Motor Activities for Young Children with Special Needs is the pocket resource guide provided with the purchase of each copy of Auxter, and includes more than 200 games and activities for use by early childhood and elementary teachers serving children with special needs in inclusive and more restrictive settings.

Help students build body awareness and improve overall movement. Includes skills checklists, ideas for ball and equipment usage, sensory experiences, and more!

This practical sourcebook is packed full of fun, low-cost games and activities that encourage the development of motor skills, coordination and sensory tolerance in young children. Using materials that are readily-available in most households or that can be purchased or homemade at a very low cost, these games and activities are appropriate for all children, including those with autism, ADHD, Sensory Processing Disorder, and other learning challenges. The book includes clear descriptions of how to carry out each activity, helpful illustrations, and ways to adapt activities according to the child's individual needs. In addition, a comprehensive reference guide to the activities enables easy searching for games suited to the development of particular skills. This sourcebook is the key to easy-to-understand, low-cost, and effective games and activities that will support the development of sensorimotor skills. It is a useful tool for parents, carers, therapists, and teachers of children with or without special needs.