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Direct linkBeighle, Aaron; Moore, Melanie – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2012
This article discusses a variety of before- and after-school programs (BASPs) that can be implemented from preschool through 12th grade. These programs offer physical activity opportunities before and after school for youths of various ages, skill levels, and socioeconomic levels. In addition, strategies for the director of physical activity to…
Descriptors: Physical Activity Level, Physical Activities, After School Programs, Health Promotion
Michiels Hernandez, Barbara L.; Gober, Donna; Boatwright, Douglas; Strickland, George – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
A jump rope is a remarkable piece of exercise equipment. It is inexpensive and easy to store, and it can be used by a wide variety of age groups to improve cardiovascular fitness, increase agility, and tone the body's muscles all at the same time. Consequently, the teaching of jump rope skills is highly suitable for physical education classes in…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Physical Fitness, Muscular Strength
Goodway, Jacqueline D. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2009
Little attention has been given to the developmental process of "how children learn to move" and the changing role that emerging motor competence may play in children and youths' physical activity levels as they grow. But we need to recognize that there is a developmental trajectory to physical activity and the factors that affect it if we are…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Physical Activity Level, Urban Youth, Young Children
Spaulding, Carol; Gottlieb, Nell H.; Jensen, Jody – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2008
Child- and family-serving programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) design and conduct interventions to improve the health of their clients through better nutrition. But these programs present a significant opportunity to improve physical activity levels in the preschool population as well,…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activities, Nutrition, Physical Fitness
Prupas, Andrea; Harvey, William J.; Benjamin, Janet – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2006
The article describes an early intervention approach to aquatics for preschool children with autism. The Aquatic Nursery program successfully taught both the children and their parents to become involved in swimming. Specific programming details are provided in relation to people with autism, and particular attention is paid to aquatic skill…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Aquatic Sports, Autism, Adapted Physical Education
