Education - Early Childhood for Parents, Parenting & Family Activities, Emotional Life of Families, Child Rearing & Development, Exercise - General, Family & School - General & Miscellaneous, Education - Parent Participation for Parents, Family & Child He
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Overview
A guide to protecting children under eight years old from becoming either lethargic or high-strung
Today, many children fall into one of two categories, neither of which is healthy: one group is almost entirely inactive, and the other spends most of their "free" time in highly structured, overly stressful competitive sports that are age-inappropriate.
As an expert on children's movement and development, and as a consultant to the Children's Television Workshop, Gymboree, YMCA of the USA, and other groups, Rae Pica shows how the right kinds of activities increase children's enjoyment of physical activity for a lifetime. With straight talk on what works, what doesn't, and why, Pica teaches parents:
- Why raising a Super Kid is as dangerous as raising a Couch Potato
- Unique activity ideas and the benefits of "cooperative activities"
- How to recognize when a child is too active or not active enough
- Why competitive sports programs aren't the answer
- And much more
Book Details
Published
June 1, 2003
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Pages
256
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780071405584