Teaching Movement Education: Foundations for Active Lifestyles

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by  Karen Abels

Teaching
MoveMenT educaTion
Foundations For
active LiFestyLes
Ka ren Weiller abels
Jennifer M. Bridges
Human Kinetics
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Abels, Karen Weiller.
Teaching movement education : foundations for active lifestyles / Karen Weiller Abels and
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contents
Activity and Lesson Finder vii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
section 1 introduction to Movement education 1
Chapter 1 History and Philosophy of Movement education. . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2 Movement education Framework content . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 3 developmentally appropriate teaching and assessment. . . . . .31
Chapter 4 Foundation for an active Lifestyle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Chapter 5 innovative teaching ideas for Movement education . . . . . . . .83
Chapter 6 activity analysis: application to the Movement
education Framework. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
section 2 teaching Movement education 115
Part I Movement Concept Activities 117
Chapter 7 Body activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 8 space activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Chapter 9 effort activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Chapter 10 relationships activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Part II Core Content Area Lessons 193
Chapter 11 teaching educational Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Chapter 12 teaching educational Gymnastics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chapter 13 teaching educational dance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
appendix a Flip ’n’ Fold 243
appendix B Resources for Teaching the Movement Education Framework 245
Glossary of Movement Education Terms 247
Glosario en Español de Terminología Educativa de Movimiento 251
References 255
Index 257
About the Authors 263
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activity and Lesson Finder
chapter 7 Body activities
1 First Activity for Body Part Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 122
2 Second Activity for Body Part Identification. . . . . . . . . . . . page 122
3 Body Part Identification: Partner Fun!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 122
4 Body Shapes Come Alive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 123
5 Body Shaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 123
6 Balancing Body Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 124
7 Giving In. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 125
8 Bring It In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 125
9 Travel Toss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 125
10 Race Car Highway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 126
11 Symmetry in Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 126
12 Same and Different Copy Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 127
13 Stretch and Catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 127
14 Shift and Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 127
15 Up and Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 128
16 Switch Places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 128
17 Primary Body Movements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 129
18 Letters and Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 129
19 Swing High, Swing Low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 129
20 Traveling, Turning, and Spinning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 130
21 P-U-S-H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 130
22 P-U-L-L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 130

23 Quicksand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 131
24 Express Yourself. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 131
25 Gesture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 131
26 Dodge Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 132
27 Partner Dodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 132
28 Get Out of Dodge! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 132
29 Avoidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 132
30 How Can I Balance? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 133
31 Balance With a Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 134
32 Partner Counterbalance and Countertension . . . . . . . . . . . page 134
33 Group Counterbalance and Countertension . . . . . . . . . . . . page 134
34 Walk About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 134
35 Crabs and Bears, Oh My! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 135
36 Give Me a Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 135
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37 Tell Me Why It’s Run and Fly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 136
38 Locomotor Choo-Choo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 136
39 More Locomotor Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 136
40 Steplike and Springlike Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 137
41 Rock On!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 137
42 Copy Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 137
43 Log Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 138
44 Turtle Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 138
45 Forward Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 138
46 Backward Roll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 139
47 Rock and Roll Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 139
48 Self-Toss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 140
49 Stretch and Catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 140
50 Throw and Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 141
51 Scoop It Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 141
52 Beanbag Body Part Catch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 141
53 Crash, Pow! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 141
54 Ball Rolling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 142
55 Balloon Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 142
56 Hockey Pathways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 142
57 Kicking Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 143
58 Kicking to a Partner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 143
59 Self-Volley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 143
60 Partner Volley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 144
61 Step Back. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 144
62 Trap It for Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 144
63 Dribble Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 145
64 Dribble Some More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 145
65 Carry On. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 145
66 Carry Flag Tag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 145
chapter 8 Space activities
1 Me and My Hoop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 148
2 Object Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 148
3 Take It With You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 149
4 Where Is My General Space? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 149
5 Locomotor General Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 150
6 General Space Locomotion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 150
7 Here and There . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 150
8 More Here, There, and Everywhere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 151
9 Road Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 151
10 Traveling Show 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 152
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11 Traveling Show 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 152
12 Traveling Show 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 152
13 Tick, Tock, Around the Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 153
14 High for Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 153
15 Medium Shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 154
16 Feelin’ Low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 154
17 Level It Out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 154
18 Level Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 154
19 Partner Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 155
20 Choose Your Level. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 155
21 Air Brush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 155
22 Pac-Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 156
23 Paper Air “Planes”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 157
24 Using “Plane” English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 158
25 Dribbling Close to Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 158
26 Near to My Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 159
27 Far From My Partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 159
chapter 9 effort activities
1 Speed Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 162
2 Slow It Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 162
3 As Fast as I Can . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 162
4 Dash About . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 163
5 Acceleration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 163
6 Rush Hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 163
7 Road Trip II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 163
8 Slow, Fast, and In Between . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 164
9 Hard and Soft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 165

10 Light as a Feather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 165
11 Strong Shape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 165
12 Power Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 165
13 Soft Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 166
14 May the Force Be With You. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 166
15 Partner Creation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 166
16 Muscle Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 167
17 Contrasting Light and Strong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 167
18 Balloon Fun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 167
19 Partner Tap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 168
20 Make a Force Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 168
21 Energizer Bunny. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 169
22 Moving Freely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 169
23 Smooth Moves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 170
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24 Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 170
25 Dribble Start and Dribble Stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 170
26 Partner Flow Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 171
27 Group Free Flow Catching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 171
28 Direct Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 172
29 Space Knives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 172
30 Greedy Goblins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 172
31 Moving Words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 173
32 A Direct Hit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 173
chapter 10 Relationships activities
1 Solo Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 177
2 Moving Within the Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 177
3 Find a Friend. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 177
4 Partner Shape and Copy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 178
5 Chute It Up, Partner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 178
6 Group Shape It Up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 178
7 Group Toss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 179
8 Geometric Grouping. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 179
9 Spokes of a Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 179
10 Way Above, Way Below . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 180
11 Upside Down. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 181
12 Upside-Down Balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 181
13 Mount Up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 181
14 Obstacle Course Fun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 181
15 Lift Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 182
16 Surround It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 182
17 Near Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 182

18 Meet My Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 183
19 Mirror Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 183
20 Match Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 183
21 Match and Roll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 184
22 Different From Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 184
23 One and the Same . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 184
24 My Turn and Your Turn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 185
25 Movement Sequence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 185
26 Smooth Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 185
27 How Movement Is Like Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 186
28 Creating a Movement Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 186
29 Dynamic Canon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 187
30 Lead and Follow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 187