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Educational Gymnastics for Children
Educational Gymnastics for Children

Tina J. Hall

Tina J. Hall, PhD, is a retired professor in the department of health and human performance at Middle Tennessee State University. She taught elementary and middle school physical education for 18 years and has been in physical education teacher education since 2003. Dr. Hall has conducted numerous curriculum and content workshops and in-services for physical education teachers across the nation. She is a coauthor of Schoolwide Physical Activity: A Comprehensive Guide to Designing and Conducting Programs and Teaching Children Gymnastics. She joined the writing team for Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical Education (in its 11th edition) in 2018. Dr. Hall is also an author of several articles in refereed publications. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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and Shirley Ann Holt/Hale

Shirley Holt/Hale, PhD, is a retired physical educator from Linden Elementary School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, where she taught physical education for 38 years. Dr. Holt/Hale is a former National Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year and has served as president of both the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (now SHAPE America) and the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. She is a coauthor of Children Moving: A Reflective Approach to Teaching Physical Education (in its 11th edition) and a contributing author for three other texts. She served as a member of the task force for the revision of the National Standards & Grade-Level Outcomes for K-12 Physical Education. Dr. Holt/Hale is a consultant in elementary physical education curriculum, assessment, and curriculum mapping throughout the United States. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.

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Human Kinetics, 2024

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Educational Gymnastics

DOI: 10.5040/9781718243514.ch-001
Page Range: 3–10

Educational gymnastics is balance, weight transfer, and travel. When we think of gymnastics, we typically think of the Olympic gymnast with a slender, muscular body and almost unbelievable skill and strength. We also envision parallel bars, rings, pommel horses, and vaults for men and uneven bars, balance beams, floor routines, and vaults for women. Watching these events causes both excitement and anxiety as the spectacular movements can take your breath away. This is the world of traditional gymnastics. It is a world of precision, in which quality is defined by perfect execution of the skills.

Not so for educational gymnastics. In educational gymnastics there can be as many responses as there are students in the class. Figure 1.1 illustrates this idea with balances on feet and hands. Educational gymnastics is open to all students, regardless of body type, size, or skill. With open-ended tasks and teaching by invitation, each child responds at their individual skill level, meeting the criteria of the task presented....

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