This book is designed to help teachers and specialists in movement education and gymnastics recognize and develop the natural interest and aptitude of children in activities such as swinging, leaping, jumping, climbing, sliding, and balancing, Part 1 identifies the core content of the body movement activity, enabling teachers to plan successful children's movement programs. Emphasis is placed on the scope of action the body can perform, the ways in which energy can be varied in different activities, and the relationship of movement to space and of one part of the body to the other. A selected vocabulary of key work directives is also included in this section. Part 2 considers problems in teaching movement activity through gymnastics, offering guidelines on lesson plans, and on observation and evaluation of day-to-day learning situations. A 21-item bibliography is included. (Author/PD)