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College Mission Statement
Arlington Baptist College endeavors to prepare men and women for Christian life and ministries, both lay and professional, through studies in Bible, general education, church vocations and practical service, integrating faith and learning in the context of a Christian world view.

Course Description
A variety of low-organized games and lead-up activities for elementary and middle schools is presented. The education major will write objectives for the activities with a view toward making play a valuable part of the school curriculum. Teaching procedures and methods of directing physical education are also discussed.

Course Goals
As your instructor in this course I will: 1. Assist you in acquiring a working knowledge of a variety of games and lead-up activities that can be used in various teaching situations. 2. Explain the meaning of physical education and its place in elementary education. 3. Provide you with a more comprehensive understanding of the need of exercise as a requisite of good health. 4. Acquaint you with ways of communicating particular skills to children in order to improve their physical abilities and condition. 5. Offer you numerous opportunities to practice what you will be learning throughout the course. 6. Encourage you to develop and maintain a lifestyle of good health. 7. Equip you to plan, write, and teach a physical education curriculum for children of all ages and abilities. 8. Provide you with a summary of the historical development of physical education in the elementary school. 9. Discuss the guidelines for exercising children safely. 10. Explain the four basic parts of a physical education lesson plan. =Instructional Goals= Upon completion of this course you will be able to: 1. Make wise decisions in selecting proper games, exercises, and lead-up activities when teaching physical education to children. 2. Plan and teach a physical education lesson to children according to their abilities and experiences. 3. Explain the meaning of physical education and the importance of physical education in a total curriculum. 4. Effectively communicate and model to children of all ages the proper techniques and skills necessary for selected games, activities, and exercises. 5. Determine the body composition, ability, strength, and other physical aspects of children in any one of the three various developmental stages. 6. Begin and maintain a personal lifestyle of good health. 7. Intelligently discuss the common elements of a physical education curriculum. 8. Formulate objectives to accomplish specific goals set forth by a proposed physical education program. 9. Organize, teach, and carry out particular games and relays that lead to improvement of specific motor skills

Instructional Objectives
More specifically, you will be able to do the following by the end of this course: 1. When asked the question, “What is physical education,” offer the answer precisely in one sentence as explained in the course textbook. 2. Using the games and activities file compiled in this course, select age-appropriate games, lead-up activities and exercises to teach a thirty-minute physical education lesson. 3. Define with 100% accuracy the three basic developmental levels of children and give at least three introductory activities, three games, three exercises and three lead-up activities that could be used in teaching a physical education lesson to children in each developmental level. 4. Without the use of your textbook or class notes list and explain with 100% accuracy the four basic parts of an effective physical education plan. 5. When asked to discuss the common elements of curriculum construction, respond by offering the eleven steps outlined in chapter eight of the textbook, explaining each step in your own words. 6. When given a particular motor skill to develop for a child in the first of three developmental stages, offer two games and two relays that can be used to improve the motor skill. =Course Textbook= Pangrazi, Robert P. //Dynamic Physical Education for Elementary School Children.// 15th edition. Boston:Allyn and Bacon, 2007.