Grades K-8

Foster emotional and social connections in physical education classes with the activities presented in Character Education: 43 Fitness Activities for Community Building. This book takes the idea and practice of team building to a higher level while helping teachers meet National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) standards in physical education.

• Improve cooperation, problem solving, sporting behavior, and empathy in the physical education setting.
• Meet standards 5, 6, and 7 of the NASPE standards.
• Learn effective tools for class management.
• Gain assessment techniques for demonstrating achievement of standards

Don Glover, a widely known authority on community-building and team-building strategies, shares his insights using an easy-to-understand approach. The book includes the following teacher-friendly features:

• More than 40 illustrated, field-tested team fitness activities for community building
• Key terms and chapter highlights at the beginning of each chapter
• Reproducible sample forms for introducing and implementing portfolio assessment, such as self-evaluation forms, parent and peer evaluation forms, fitness goal maps, sample rubrics, and goal and baseline sheets

Human Kinetics, 2003, 256 pages, paper
ISBN: 073604504X