Acknowledgments Introduction Theoretical Considerations for Teaching Games Games: The Means or the End? by Beverly Nichols Bruegel's Children's Games (1560): Implications for Today's Teachers by Philip Duhan Segal The Developmental Stages of Game Play by Amelia Mays Woods Teaching Children to Understand Games by Sarah Doolittle Teaching for Understanding: The Bridge between Games and Sports in Scandinavian Countries by Birger Peitersen Using Critical Thinking to Teach Sport Skills by Susan M. Schwager The Fit Sport Model in Physical Education: The Premise, the Promise, the Pay-Off by Gary T. Barrette and Leah Holland Fiorentino Games Assessment Instrument for Developmentally Appropriate Play by Suzanne Mueller Teaching Kinesiology through Movement and Games by Svea Becker and Pat Huber Liability and Games: The Teacher's Responsibility by Carol L. Alberts An Interdisciplinary Approach to Games Cognitive Learning through the Physical by Lisa M. Quirk Games that Teach Academic Skills in Math, Spelling, and Geography by Sheila L. Jackson Acade-motion: Movement Activities Integrating Academic Concepts by Jim Stillwell Fitting Together: Activities Designed to Integrate Academic and Physical Education Curriculums by Lynette C. Shott and Louise M. Gerbes Environmental Awareness Human Board Game by Kara Christian Games that Teach Children to H.O.P.E. (Help Our Polluted Earth) by Nancy Woronowich and Lilka Lichtneger Using Narrative Stories in the Classroom and Gymnasium by Ellen M. Kowalski and Susan O. Kennedy Vegetable Stir-Fry: A Creative Movement Game by Lorna J. Woodward Every Child a Winner Educational Games by Martha Owens and Susan Rockett Designing Games for Fun and Learning in the Classroom by Lenore Sandel Children as Partners in Creating Educational Games by Heidi Reichel Spell Hockey: A Creative Classroom Table Board Game by Joyce Zucker Games Reflecting Different Cultures Selected Games and Dances of the North American Plains Indians by Ann Babcock Cella Bringing History to Life through Games and Storytelling by Georga Accola The Smithtown Iditarod by Len Carolan African-American Jump Rope Chants and Motor Sequences by Mary McKnight-Taylor Helping Learning and Physically Challenged Children Acquire Rhythmic Skills through Street Games by Kirsten DeBear and Sara Kiesel Games Common to the Puerto Rican School System: Multicultural Approach by Maria I. Ojeda-O'Neill Thailand Tag by Bess Ring Koval Hit and Run Cricket by Susan M. Schwager and Ashley M. Hammond Games as a Means for Development: A Scandinavian Approach to Teaching Soccer by Birger Peitersen Dutch Games: Seventeenth-Century Dutch Depictions of Children's Games, Toys, and Pastimes by Donna R. Barnes Developmentally Appropriate Behavior through Games In Defense of Play: Enhancing the Growth of Young Children by Bruce Grossman Serious Play: Ten Suggestions for the Teacher by Karl E. Rohnke An Introduction to the New Games Approach by John LaRue New Ways with New Games: Play with a Purpose by Deidre Burnstine Old Sports and New Games: Rethinking Lead-Up Games by Janis Bozowski Games Children Shouldn't Play by Janet M. Oussaty Teaching the Intrinsic Elements of Games to Three- to Eight-Year-Old Children by Linda McNally Student Created Games in the Fifth and Sixth Grades by Kathy Pattak Dare to Care: A Pedagogical Approach to Cooperative Physical Education by Jim DeLine Developing Sportsmanship and Sharpening Skills through Games by Jill Vomacka The Nontraditional Environment for Seventh and Eighth Grade Games by Susan Anne Sortino Helping Seventh and Eighth Grade Students to Express Their Feelings by Minna S. Barrett, Sheila Mardenfeld, and Rhoda Joseph Theatre Games: Expressive Movement Activities by Estelle Aden Eliminating Gender-Role Stereotyping in Elementary Physical Education by Karen H. Weiller, Catriona T. Higgs, and Betsy A. Brickell Fitness and Leisure through Games and Sport Focusing on Fitness and Fun by Artie Kamiya Games that Are Fit to Be Tried by Beth Goldin Fitness Circuits for Fun by Mirabai Holland Catch-Up by Brenda Knitter Circle Games for Large and Small Groups by Paula Beach Mr. Rubberband: Game Themes that Develop Fitness by William C. Payret Swimming Skills and Aquatic Game Activities--Ages Three and Beyond by Gerald J. Foley Middle School Golf Activities by Al Weidlein Golf Activities for the Physicall