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Coaching Motor Learning, Fitness, and Development for Young Children, 2nd edition, continues building and developing approaches to advancing a child’s world of motor learning, fitness, and development. This new edition delivers a foundational approach and perspective and provides a viewpoint of movement knowledge, and movement skills as children experience, mature, and explore movement through their developmental years. This foundational and fundamental approach connects the relevancy and specificity in acquiring and delivering motor skills that children develop in the age and stage progression of movement activities.
This reader-handbook, Coaching Motor Learning, Fitness, and Development for Young Children, contains a classroom activity guide, a clear and consistent, side-by-side classroom reader, and lecture handbook.
Designed for all students in their university preparation, this reader-handbook explores and delivers a coaching emphasis in movement education serving many college and university core and elective courses in the areas of child development, health, physical education, movement development, nutrition, and fitness.
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter 1
Aspects of Motor Development in Young Children
Fundamental Aspects of Development
The Value of Cephalocaudal
Sense of Proximal Distal
Motor Development Insights
The Value of Gross Motor Development
The Value of Fine Motor Development
Evaluation of Gross and Fine Motor Development
Summary of Perceptual, Gross, and Fine Motor Development
Chapter 2
Domains of Movement
Child Development Areas
Children’s Development Areas
Physical Development
The Part Senses Play in Children
Cognitive Development
Language Development
Social and Emotional Development
Self-Esteem Development
Building Groups
Emotional Development
Self Development
Cognitive Self-Regulation
Emotional Self-Regulation
Chapter 3
Brain Benefit, Balance, Eye Sight, and Hearing
Brain Benefit and Exercise for Young
The Need of Physical Education for Young Children
The Importance of Balance
Balance and Coordination
Eyesight and Hearing
Chapter 4
Skeletor and Moosecules
Muscular Development
Muscle Control
Height and Weight
An Effective Physical Program for Young Children
Chapter 5
Quality Movement and Physical Education
Four Essential Components of Quality Physical Education
Fundamental Movement Skills
Types of Movement
Understanding Biomechanics
Key Principles of Biomechanics
Principles of Biomechanic Inquiry
Principle of Stability
Biomechanics in Sport and Exercise
Making Sense of Force
Values in General, Linear, and Angular Motion
Chapter 6
Nutrition and Hydration
Seven Signs of Insufficient Nutritional Value
Nutrition and Living
Make Meal Times a Life Priority
Nutrition Education Activities for Children
Hydration
Chapter 7
The Learning Environment
Competing
Competition Can Be Good and Bad for Children
Competition in the Family, Life, and School
Chapter 8
The Social-Emotional Process in Motor Learning, Fitness, and Development
Social-Emotional Learning
Concepts of Development
Attitude
Bridging
Elements of Social-Emotional
Chapter 9
Modifying Physical Education/Movement Programs
Adapted Physical Education
Equity and Physical Education
Mind and Body
Summary of Coaching Motor Learning Development, Fitness, and Development