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DRAMATIZED RHYTHM PLAYS
Mother Goose and Traditional
by JOHN N. RICHARDS, B.P.E. Assistant Supervisor of Physical Education Newark, N.J.
New York A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY 1931
+Printed in the United States of America+
PREFACE The following rhythmic plays compiled by Mr. John N. Richards of the Newark Department of Physical Education have been devised to meet the needs in the transition of Physical Education activities between the kindergarten and the first few years of the primary school.
The physiologist tells us that the nervous organism of early childhood is injured by the strain of strict, immobile attention required in formal gymnastics. Therefore it is wise to hold the child's interest and attention by means of dramatized nursery plays. These make little strain on mental application and the child is able to dramatize in motion the words and music which are planned to develop his motor co-ordination. In this way the child is gradually and interestingly led from the freedom of expression, characteristic of babyhood to the more specialized formal activities of the third and fourth years in the school.
Mr. Richards' contribution merits widespread usage because he has clearly and definitely described his rhythm plays so that the classroom teacher can easily make use of them without having to draw on her imagination or having to guess at the written explanation.
The book should be useful and welcomed too, not only by the classroom teacher but also by the specialist and supervisor of Physical Education.
Randall D. Warden Director of Physical Education, Newark, N.J., Public Schools
INTRODUCTION
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