Movement ABC's: An Inclusive Guide to Language Development - Softcover

Hengstman, Jolanda G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0736033750 ISBN 13: 9780736033756

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

A guide to combining movement and sensory experiences to help young children and children with disabilities develop language skills. It offers developmentally appropriate movement activities tailored for use with children aged three to nine years. Using an integrated curriculum approach, the resource should appeal to education professionals and physical education specialists. The text contains a detailed lesson plan organized around each letter of the alphabet. It features: 150 drawings that illustrate movements, games and activities; chapters that open with reproducible artwork; and 12 reproducible parent handouts - one for each month - that extend the life of the lesson by keeping parents involved.

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About the Author

Jolanda G. Hengstman is a physical educator at Sedgefield Elementary School in Charlotte, North Carolina. From 1992 to 1999, she was an adapted physical educator and athletic director at Metro School in Charlotte, a public school for students with developmental disabilities. Her physical education program was awarded the distinction of Demonstration School for Physical Education by the Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and Health and the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. She also received the Governor's Council for Physical Fitness and Health's Youth Fitness Award for her efforts in 1998 and 1999. Hengstman is a Special Olympics coach and instructor of aquatics and adapted aquatics. She earned her master's degrees in adapted physical education from East Carolina University at Greenville and physical education from the Academy for Physical Education at Arnhem, Netherlands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0736033750
• ISBN 13: 9780736033756
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184