Don't Sit! Get Fit! – Ages 5–12

Promotes healthy and active lifestyles

This invaluable teacher resource aims to contribute to the development of healthy, active lifestyles in students. Suitable for teachers of primary school students, the book places emphasis on incorporating fitness into the daily school routine.
 

Features:

• a teacher resource suitable for all primary levels
• detailed background information
• details of phases of physical development
• outcome links
• activities to develop all areas of fitness
• explicit steps for implementing a fitness program
• formulas for students to monitor their own fitness
• specific instructions for dance routines and games with visual aids
• activities to develop awareness of good nutrition
• suggestions for linking to other learning areas
• specific instructions for activities to assess student fitness
• student assessment activities
• photocopiable teacher and student proformas for recording