Basic Movement Activities (Perceptual Motor Development) - Softcover

Capon, Jack

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0915256363 ISBN 13: 9780915256365

Publisher: Front Row Experience, 1994

Synopsis

This is the "first" in a series of 5 activity books covering preschool and the primary grades. Use these classroom-tested movement education activities to assess your students motor strengths and weaknesses in preschool and early elementary grades or special education classes. The sequence of easily given tests and tasks requires minimal instruction time and your kids will find the activities to be interesting, challenging and fun! Part 1 in this first book in the series includes a Perceptual-Motor Evaluation Scale that evaluates students on the Identification of Body Parts, Walking Board activities, Hopping activities, Jump and Land activities, Obstacle Course activities, Ball Catch activities, and includes a place for Optional Tests. Part 2 of this book includes: Walking Activities, Running Activities, Leaping Activities, Jumping Activities, Hopping Activities, Galloping Activities, Skipping Activities, Sliding Activities, General Locomotion Activities, and Partner Activities.

About this title

From the Publisher:

This is the FIRST in a series of five activity books covering preschool and the primary grades.

Use these classroom-tested movement education activities to assess your students motor strengths and weaknesses in preschool and early elementary grades or special education classes. The sequence of easily given tests and tasks requires minimal instruction time and your kids will find the activities to be interesting, challenging and fun!

About the Author:

Jack Capon was known nationally and internationally for his practical application of Movement Education to the classroom environment. By means of his numerous workshops that he conducted throughout the world, Jack Capon has shown how teachers and others interested in Movement Education can start their own successful programs.

Jack Capon was active in Movement Education from the early 1960's right on up to the mid 1990's when, by an ironic twist of fate, he was forced into early retirement by the onslaught of a rare neurological disorder called Striatonigral Degeneration. In the early stages this disorder mimics the symptoms of Parkinson's disease but later on as it kills off more and more brain cells it forces its host into paraplegic-like conditions. And finally, after several years of deteriorating health, Jack passed away in the summer of 1999 soon after the publication of the newest edition of his Perceptual-Motor Lesson Plans, Level-2 book. But Jack's legacy lives on and thanks to Jack's many workshops over the years and to the continuing great success of his programs, many people have been trained in the Jack Capon method and are quite skilled in advising any of those who are interested in starting, restarting, or continuing his Movement Education programs. People who have been trained in the Jack Capon method and who are willing to offer their advice and assistance are available from the publisher, Front Row Experience. Also available from the publisher, are training videos for teachers and instructors who want to see Jack's program in action for themselves!

Jack Capon was not only a great Movement Educator, but a great human being as well, as witnessed by his 25 years of volunteering to direct the Special Olympics Program for his local town of Alameda, California. Although Jack is no longer here with his energy and enthusiasm for Movement Education, his Perceptual-Motor Development Programs lives on and continues to provide valuable help in developing the movement coordination skills necessary for the healthy development of children everywhere.

About this edition

• Publisher: Front Row Experience
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0915256363
• ISBN 13: 9780915256365
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Editor: Alexander Frank
• Illustrator: Lewis John