Hofmann:80 kleine Spiele im Sportunterr

More variants, more variety, more possibilities for use: small games to promote fitness, coordination, and cooperation. Small games are essential components of physical education, typically requiring no special preparation and applicable in many areas. They encourage children to enjoy moving and exerting themselves. In this volume, you will find a well-considered selection of new and familiar small games, featuring many variations that modify the demands or objectives of the game. The diverse ideas are ideal for warming up and cooling down, for breaks, or for targeted preparation for a lesson unit. They promote fitness (strength, endurance, speed, flexibility), coordination skills, and problem-solving thinking. Above all, these small games aim to motivate your students for sports in general and to foster fairness and social interaction through cooperative and competitive play. For quick implementation in your physical education classes, the game descriptions are clear and consistently structured: grade level, playing field size, basic concept of the game, required materials, execution, variations, important tips – all explained very precisely but briefly and concisely. The topics include: running games, ball games, games with various materials, games for perception enhancement, partner and fitness exercises, small games for individual competition, contact games. This volume contains: 80 small games covering various areas of physical education, important methodological and didactic notes, as well as numerous variations and tips for implementation, and a clear directory of the games with indications of their application areas.