SPORT READINESS

By Bernadette Murphy and Gerry Surridge. Encourage hand-eye coordination, basic locomotion and ball-handling skills, good sportsmanship, and a positive attitude toward an active lifestyle. Ten flexible lessons equip adults to observe children’s physical skills, select suitable activities, and provide clear guidance for improving locomotion and ball-handling skills like rolling and kicking, passing and catching, throwing underhand and overhand, and striking forehand and backhand. Appendixes include several pages of reproducible assessment forms. Grades pre-K–3. 8½" x 11". Illustrated. Good Year. 167 pages. ©2000.

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