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Let’s Play!: Promoting Active Playgrounds
Jane Watkinson
©2010 • Paperback with CD-ROM • 120 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-7001-0 • $25.00 ($29.95 CDN)
Help kids maximize their
playground activity time
Kids love playground time. But some kids have not
developed the skills they need to take part in activities
on the playground, and these kids are often left
standing alone, watching others play. With Let’s Play!,
you can ensure that every child under your care has
a repertoire of movement skills to be active on the
playground. The book offers simple and effective tips
for teaching playground skills and games. It will also
help kids make friends on the playground and become
active in the social groups that form during free play.
67 games from 38 countries
International Games builds players’ physical skills while
increasing their cultural awareness, so they focus on
the similarities between people no matter where they
come from. The games make your teaching simple and
effective. Each game is presented in an easy-to-use
format and includes interesting information on the
origin of the game. Most games require little in the way
of equipment or use equipment that can be made for a
small cost.
International Games will open kids’ eyes to the
cultures and traditions of other countries, giving them a greater appreciation for and
understanding of the world around them at the same time.
International Games: Building Skills Through Multicultural Play
Gayle L. Horowitz, MS
©2009 • Paperback • 128 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-7394-3 • $19.00 ($21.95 CDN)
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Available November 2009
Great Games for Big Activity Balls
Todd Strong and Bernie DeKoven
©2009 • Paperback • Approx. 192 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-7481-0 • $19.00 ($21.95 CDN)
Games for all ages, sizes,
and abilities
Great Games for Big Activity Balls presents 73 games
for big activity balls, with more than 70 variations that
have two common themes: fun and physical activity.
The games are for people of all ages and all abilities and
focus on getting everyone involved and having fun. The
book includes cooperative games, adaptations of several
popular sports, wacky track and field adaptations, giant
carnival games, and water games, as well as modified
versions of traditional playground games and Guinness
Book of World Records games.
Versatile, adaptable team
adventures
Adventure Racing Activities for Fun and Fitness
provides everything you need to prepare for and
lead an adventure racing event in any environment.
You get complete instructions for setting up an
event, forms and checklists to help you organize
and conduct an adventure race, and options for
customizing the activities to suit your needs. Unlike
conventional adventure races that call for mountain
bikes, kayaks, and other specialized equipment, this
book guides you in setting up races for teams of two, three, or four kids that require no
equipment or readily available equipment. You’ll also learn how to set up a race, lay out
the course, use obstacles, and assess race results.
Adventure Racing Activities for Fun and Fitness
Dan DeJager and Cathrine Himberg, PhD
©2008 • Paperback • 136 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-6924-3 • $19.00 ($21.95 CDN)
YOUTH PROGRAMMING: ACTIVITIES AND GAMES
A complete guide to
developing and operating
climbing walls
Climbing Walls is a perfect resource for anyone responsible
for supervising an indoor climbing wall. You’ll find
information on teaching basic climbing skills and 15
activities and games appropriate for a wide variety of
abilities. The book also provides program leaders and
administrators with information they can use to advocate
for a climbing wall program; current industry standards
for designing walls; and practical guidance on cost
considerations, administrators’ responsibilities, staff training and supervision, and riskmanagement
plans.
Climbing Walls: A Complete Guide
Jim Stiehl, PhD, and Tim B. Ramsey, MSE
©2005 • Paperback • 184 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-4831-6 • $19.00 ($21.95 CDN)
Fun challenges for the body
and the mind
Traverse wall climbing—in which most of the climbing
is done horizontally—is quickly growing in popularity.
Yet, specific games and activities for traverse walls have
been hard to find—until now. Traversing Walls contains
dozens of activities and variations, including well-known
games and those that incorporate numbers, letters, math,
and words. Some games reinforce health concepts, such
as nutrition and the MyPyramid food chart, muscles and
exercise, and appropriate health behaviors. All of the
activities promote healthy, fun, and productive learning.
Traversing Walls: 68 Activities On and Off the Wall
Jim Stiehl, PhD, and Dan Chase
©2008 • Paperback • 160 pp
ISBN 978-0-7360-6777-5 • $19.00 ($21.95 CDN)
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