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Early Steps Physical Education Curriculum Theory and Practice for Children Under 8
Evridiki Zachopoulou Jarmo Liukkonen Ian Pickup Niki Tsangaridou
Human Kinetics
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Early steps physical education curriculum : theory and practice for children under 8 / Evridiki Zachopoulou ... [et al.]. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-7539-8 (soft cover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-7360-7539-9 (soft cover : alk. paper) 1. Physical education for children--Curricula. 2. Physical education and training--Study and teaching (Preschool)--Curricula. 3. Movement education--Curricula. 4. Education, Preschool--Activity programs. I. Zachopoulou, Evridiki. GV443.E25 2010 613.7’042--dc22 ISBN-10: 0-7360-7539-9 (print) ISBN-13: 978-0-7360-7539-8 (print) Copyright © 2010 by Evridiki Zachopoulou, Jarmo Liukkonen, Ian Pickup, and Niki Tsangaridou This book is copyrighted under the Berne Convention. All rights are reserved. Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism, or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, electrical, chemical, mechanical, optical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Notice: Permission to reproduce the following material is granted to instructors and agencies who have purchased Early Steps Physical Education Curriculum: Theory and Practice for Children Under 8: pp. 203-218. The reproduction of other parts of this book is expressly forbidden by the above copyright notice. Persons or agencies who have not purchased Early Steps Physical Education Curriculum: Theory and Practice for Children Under 8 may not reproduce any material. The lessons in chapters 6 and 7 were created by Evridiki Zachopoulou, Jarmo Liukkonen, Ian Pickup, Niki Tsangaridou, Elisavet Konstantinidou, Paivi Innila, Anna-Maija Pontinen, Anne Saarikangas, Efthimios Trevlas, and Paula Valkama. They were developed as part of the Early Steps research project that was funded by a grant from the European Commission (Directorate-General for Education and Culture), Socrates Programme, Comenius 2.1 Action, Project number: 118192-CP-1-2004-1-GR-COMENIUS-C21. Lessons printed by permission from Zachopoulou, Evridiki, Niki Tsangaridou, Ian Pickup, Jarmo Liukkonen and Vasilis Grammatikopoulos (2007), Early Steps: Promoting healthy lifestyle and social interaction through physical education activities during preschool years. Xristodoulidi Publications, Thessaloniki, Greece. The Web addresses cited in this text were current as of September 2009, unless otherwise noted. Acquisitions Editor: Scott Wikgren Developmental Editor: Ragen E. Sanner Assistant Editor: Anne Rumery Copyeditor: Alisha Jeddeloh Indexer: Andrea J. Hepner Permission Manager: Dalene Reeder Graphic Designer: Nancy Rasmus Graphic Artist: Patrick Sandberg Cover Designer: Bob Reuther Photographer (interior): Photos courtesy of Elisavet Konstantinidou, unless otherwise noted Art Manager: Kelly Hendren Associate Art Manager: Alan L. Wilborn Illustrator (cover and interior): © Iordanis Kioumourtzoglou, unless otherwise noted Printer: Versa Press Printed in the United States of America
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