Games and Great Ideas

RHONDA L. CLEMENTS is Coordinator of Graduate Physical Education in the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, at Hofstra University. A movement specialist, she has published extensively on physical education topics and has served as a chairperson for physical education programs at the elementary and high school levels.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionTheoretical Considerations for Teaching GamesGames: The Means or the End? by Beverly NicholsBruegel's Children's Games (1560): Implications for Today's Teachers by Philip Duhan SegalThe Developmental Stages of Game Play by Amelia Mays WoodsTeaching Children to Understand Games by Sarah DoolittleTeaching for Understanding: The Bridge between Games and Sports in Scandinavian Countries by Birger PeitersenUsing Critical Thinking to Teach Sport Skills by Susan M. SchwagerThe Fit Sport Model in Physical Education: The Premise, the Promise, the Pay-Off by Gary T. Barrette and Leah Holland FiorentinoGames Assessment Instrument for Developmentally Appropriate Play by Suzanne MuellerTeaching Kinesiology through Movement and Games by Svea Becker and Pat HuberLiability and Games: The Teacher's Responsibility by Carol L. AlbertsAn Interdisciplinary Approach to GamesCognitive Learning through the Physical by Lisa M. QuirkGames that Teach Academic Skills in Math, Spelling, and Geography by Sheila L. JacksonAcade-motion: Movement Activities Integrating Academic Concepts by Jim StillwellFitting Together: Activities Designed to Integrate Academic and Physical Education Curriculums by Lynette C. Shott and Louise M. GerbesEnvironmental Awareness Human Board Game by Kara ChristianGames that Teach Children to H.O.P.E. (Help Our Polluted Earth) by Nancy Woronowich and Lilka LichtnegerUsing Narrative Stories in the Classroom and Gymnasium by Ellen M. Kowalski and Susan O. KennedyVegetable Stir-Fry: A Creative Movement Game by Lorna J. WoodwardEvery Child a Winner Educational Games by Martha Owens and Susan RockettDesigning Games for Fun and Learning in the Classroom by Lenore SandelChildren as Partners in Creating Educational Games by Heidi ReichelSpell Hockey: A Creative Classroom Table Board Game by Joyce ZuckerGames Reflecting Different CulturesSelected Games and Dances of the North American Plains Indians by Ann Babcock CellaBringing History to Life through Games and Storytelling by Georga AccolaThe Smithtown Iditarod by Len CarolanAfrican-American Jump Rope Chants and Motor Sequences by Mary McKnight-TaylorHelping Learning and Physically Challenged Children Acquire Rhythmic Skills through Street Games by Kirsten DeBear and Sara KieselGames Common to the Puerto Rican School System: Multicultural Approach by Maria I. Ojeda-O'NeillThailand Tag by Bess Ring KovalHit and Run Cricket by Susan M. Schwager and Ashley M. HammondGames as a Means for Development: A Scandinavian Approach to Teaching Soccer by Birger PeitersenDutch Games: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Depictions of Children's Games, Toys, and Pastimes by Donna R. BarnesDevelopmentally Appropriate Behavior through GamesIn Defense of Play: Enhancing the Growth of Young Children by Bruce GrossmanSerious Play: Ten Suggestions for the Teacher by Karl E. RohnkeAn Introduction to the New Games Approach by John LaRueNew Ways with New Games: Play with a Purpose by Deidre BurnstineOld Sports and New Games: Rethinking Lead-Up Games by Janis BozowskiGames Children Shouldn't Play by Janet M. OussatyTeaching the Intrinsic Elements of Games to Three- to Eight-Year-Old Children by Linda McNallyStudent Created Games in the Fifth and Sixth Grades by Kathy PattakDare to Care: A Pedagogical Approach to Cooperative Physical Education by Jim DeLineDeveloping Sportsmanship and Sharpening Skills through Games by Jill VomackaThe Nontraditional Environment for Seventh and Eighth Grade Games by Susan Anne SortinoHelping Seventh and Eighth Grade Students to Express Their Feelings by Minna S. Barrett, Sheila Mardenfeld, and Rhoda JosephTheatre Games: Expressive Movement Activities by Estelle AdenEliminating Gender-Role Stereotyping in Elementary Physical Education by Karen H. Weiller, Catriona T. Higgs, and Betsy A. BrickellFitness and Leisure through Games and SportFocusing on Fitness and Fun by Artie KamiyaGames that Are Fit to Be Tried by Beth GoldinFitness Circuits for Fun by Mirabai HollandCatch-Up by Brenda KnitterCircle Games for Large and Small Groups by Paula BeachMr. Rubberband: Game Themes that Develop Fitness by William C. PayretSwimming Skills and Aquatic Game Activities--Ages Three and Beyond by Gerald J. FoleyMiddle School Golf Activities by Al WeidleinGolf Activities for the Physicall