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R028944
Steps to Success Series
The series includes books on the most popular movement activities. Each title is written by an accomplished coach or player and provides skill instruction through progressions so that students can perform the basics and then advance to higher levels of performance. Students learn at their own rate through step-by-step activities. Assessment guides are included for students to rate their progress. Teachers in Saskatchewan who choose to use these books will need to make some adaptations in orde...
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•  Archery
•  Badminton
•  Baseball
•  Basketball
•  Bowling
•  Curling
•  Fencing
•  Field Hockey
•  Fitness
•  Football
•  Golf
•  Ice Skating
•  Racquetball
•  Rugby
•  Soccer
•  Social Dance
•  Softball
•  Squash
•  Swimming
•  Table Tennis
•  Team Handball
•  Tennis
•  Volleyball
•  Weight Training
Media and Formats : Book
Price : unavailable
Record posted/updated: October 17, 2020
R070246
BrainDance. Variations for Infants Through Seniors
In these videos, Anne Green Gilbert and her students (toddlers through seniors) demonstrate variations of the BrainDance. These exercises move through fundamental movement patterns that wire the central nervous system in the first year of life. The BrainDance offers benefits such as improved mood, reduced stress and increased alertness and concentration. It can be used at home, at school, in the office and in the dance studio for brain reorganization, connectivity/alignment, a centering body/...
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Media and Formats : CD/DVD
Price : $39.00 US
Record posted/updated: July 1, 2020
R042254
Healthy Active Living: Keep Fit, Stay Healthy, Have Fun
This book describes basic skills and tactics for movement activities and sports including invasion and/or territory games, net and/or wall games, striking and/or fielding games, target games and outdoor activities. Included are body management activities such as track and field, dance, yoga, aerobics and gymnastics. The resource describes how to set and achieve fitness goals. "FITT" stands for frequency, intensity, time and type of activity and the the "FITT Formula" assists students in dete...
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $76.95
Record posted/updated: October 14, 2020
R047400
Pedometer Power: Using Pedometers in School and Community (2nd ed.)
The author encourages the use of pedometers within schools and outside of schools so that students will gain a realistic, deeper understanding of their own level of activity and become physically active at all times of the day. The book presents information on funding, purchasing, managing and using pedometers in physical education. The pedometer activities are classified into elementary and secondary levels and teachers are given ideas for guiding students to set personal activity goals.
Media and Formats : Book
Price : $34.95
Record posted/updated: October 17, 2020
R051758
Brain Gains: Better Grades Through Fitness
The National visits an inner city high school in Saskatoon, SK, where teacher Allison Cameron tests the theory that vigorous daily exercise improves academic performance. City Park Collegiate is considered a high school of last resort for kids who haven't been able to make it anywhere else. The Grade 8 and 9 students contend with a wide range of behavioural problems: almost half are diagnosed with ADHD and many work at a Grade 4 level. When Allison came across groundbreaking research by Harva...
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Media and Formats : Video
Price : Free
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Record posted/updated: December 23, 2018
R043101
Teaching Games for Understanding: Theory, Research, and Practice
As games are an important aspect of physical education, this book provides educators with current research and a conceptualization model for teaching games for understanding (TGfU). By exploring the learner's development of games knowledge, improvements in games teaching and learning occur. The book presents teaching and learning games at various levels. It also addresses the role of assessment in teaching games for understanding as well as integration of cooperative learning and tactical gam...
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Media and Formats : Book
Price : $54.95
Record posted/updated: October 17, 2020
R047689
Maximum Middle School Physical Education
It is important to create an environment where all students experience success in physical education. The lessons and activities in this book make fitness fun so that all students are engaged and experience positive results. The beginning of the book provides information on how teachers can establish expectations and appropriate behaviours. The activity-finder categorizes the activities into icebreakers, fitness fun, team initiatives, sequence learning and social skills so that educators can ...
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Media and Formats : Book CD/DVD
Price : $54.95
Record posted/updated: October 17, 2020
R071499
Canadian Active Living Fitness Circuit Charts. Secondary Set: A Classroom Resource Kit for Teachers
There are 42 laminated charts from the Secondary Schools Series to assist teachers and students with whole-body training. Two cards provide front and back views of the muscular and skeletal systems. The other 40 cards outline activities. Each activity card has the title of the activity, which muscle groups are being worked, instructions on how to perform the activity, and safety tips. A teacher manual accompanies the cards and provides information on equipment that is required, fitness circui...
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Media and Formats : Kit
Price : $225.00
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Record posted/updated: November 22, 2018