Basic movement activities

Book excerpt: 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.