Description
Book SynopsisJere Gallagher is an associate professor and serves as Associate Dean in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Gallagher graduated from Louisiana State University with a doctorate in motor development and motor learning with minors in developmental psychology and experimental statistics. She has extensive experience in the physical activity of children. For over 25 years she developed and directed the Kinder Kinetics Program, a program for children with and without disabilities between the ages of 3- to 12-years of age. The program received the 2008 United Cerebral Palsy's 2008 Humanitarian Award. Jere has also been the Chair of the Council on Physical Education for Children, the Motor Development Academy and the Youth Sport Coalition. More recently she was a consultant for Head Start Body Start. All these organization are part of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Movement and Music Working Together to Create a Healthy Child
- Chapter 2: Developing Curriculum and Environments for Music and Movement
- Chapter 3: Music Provides the Rhythm for Movement and Healthy Lifestyle
- Chapter 4: Matching the Individual, Task and Environment to Enhance Learning
- Chapter 5: Movement Content During the Early Childhood Years
- Chapter 6: Dance and Music Healthy Lifestyle Partnership
- Chapter 7: Development of Gross Motor Skills for a Lifetime of Movement
- Chapter 8: Fitness and Nutrition Create a Healthy Lifestyle
- Chapter 9: Movement and Music Broadens Learning
- Chapter 10: Assessment, Evaluation and Engagement
