Book: Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills 3rd Edition

NWT Teaching Fundamental Motor Skills, Third Edition, provides expert instruction, serving as a foundation for successful movement experiences for children. The book will help you guide your students in mastering the critical elements of 8 locomotor and 17 manipulative skills. The approach offers a perfect balance between sound pedagogy and fun activities that will engage your students and keep them learning. Skill Chapter Organization The authors have organized the content in a way that makes it easy to locate and implement a multitude of activities that will help children grasp the fundamental skills. Each skill chapter includes the following: • An introduction, which includes a suggested age at which the skill or a portion of the skill should be mastered and, where appropriate, where the skill aligns with the National Standards and Grade-Level Outcomes • Four to six critical elements that are necessary for the skill to be correctly performed • Cue words to help students remember each critical element • Partner skill check assessments that help partners evaluate others’ progress • Success Builders to help students correct problems • Activities for practicing the entire skill at once • Troubleshooting charts for identifying problem areas • Lesson plans that guide you through the instructional sequence