| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xi, 147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
How to alter and invent games : Why play games? : Our basic premises ; Some basic choices ; Games: since days of yore ; Games: fun, and much more ; What can games do? ; Why movement games? ; Concluding remarks -- How to change any game : Step one: understanding the basic structure of all games ; Step two: modifying a game's basic structure ; Step three: managing a game's degree of difficulty ; A strategy for designing games ; Concluding remarks -- Helping others change games : A "script" for encouraging others to change games ; Game metamorphosis ; What else can I do to help players change games? ; Concluding remarks -- Understanding games teaching : Rationale for the approach ; The curriculum model ; Stages of GFU instruction ; Games development ; GFU examples ; Putting GFU in perspective ; A continuum of instructional styles ; Concluding remarks -- Examples of game changes : Adventure games : Circle-the-circle ; Animal game ; Keypunch ; Traffic jam ; Blind polygon ; TP shuffle -- Academic games : Animalia ; All-four circle math ; The number grid ; Dicey math ; Story relays ; Parts of speech ; Sounds the same to me ; Dicey reading -- International games : Korfball (Netherlands) ; Kwik cricket (England) ; Bocce (Italy) ; Tchouk ball (Switzerland) ; Twpu-Ae (New Zealand) ; 'Ulu maika (Hawaii) ; One, two, three dragon (Japan) ; Cgapete (Mexico) ; Hoops (Greece) ; Hop race (Native American) ; Lame chicken (China) ; Bounce eye (Australia) -- Old favorites...and more : Couple races (relay race variations) ; Maple hill ball (kickball variations) ; Marple hill--hit and run ; Maligned soccer (line soccer variations) ; One behind ; Four-corner relay ; Add-on tag ; Octopus tag ; Busy bee ; Hit the club ; Basketbowl ; Four-corners volleyball ; Lucky seven. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-144). |
| Subject |
Physical education for children.
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Games.
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Movement education.
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Sports for children.
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| Added Author |
Stiehl, Jim.
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| ISBN |
0880116919 |
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