Physical education and health in the elementary school

About this book

This book traces the role of physical education and the way in which play can be used as a medium through which educational objectives are achieved. It shows that physical education is not an appendage to the school curriculum but instead an integral part of general education. It stresses new developments in elementary education that offer challenges and opportunities for teachers. It discusses the child as a growing and developing personality and the teacher as the guide who utilizes play as an educational medium to help the child. The second part of the book is concerned with the elementary school health program. A detailed treatment is given to the health education, health services, and healthful school living phases of this important part of the elementary school program. The aim of the authors has been to cover in a factual and condensed manner the practical aspects of what the classroom and physical education teacher must know about school health. - Preface.