Books
(and other related activity books)
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Site and Facility related books
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Whyman, W. (president of Callippe Solutions/Lodgepole). 2008. Outdoor Site and Facility Management: Tools for Creating Memorable Places The book is a comprehensive resource for staff, boards of directors, management, and owners charged with the complex and challenging task of managing and maintaining properties. It offers a step-by-step property management plan that will help you to provide the safe environment and positive atmosphere so important to creating memorable experiences for your participants. The bound-in CD-ROM provides 48 editable forms and checklists that the reader can customize in the management and organization of their property, editable job descriptions, and a combined, comprehensive list of hundreds of books, articles, and online resources to easily find specialized information and local contacts. Order online (thru publisher's website). Now Available! |
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Thompson, D, S. Hudson, and H. Olsen. 2007. S.A.F.E. Play Areas - Creation, Maintenance, and Renovation. A resource for facility managers, administrators, and play supervisors in any playground or play area. This all-in-one guide explores the four components of the thoroughly tested, easy-to-implement S.A.F.E. model (Supervision, Age-appropriate design, Fall surfacing, and Equipment) |
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Fawcett, P.
2005. Aquatic
Facility Management. Provides current and future
aquatics professionals with a complete guide to running aquatics
programs safely and effectively. This practical reference covers
everything an aquatics director needs, including detailed information
on • directing, promoting, and evaluating programs; • administering a budget and developing staff; • overseeing all aspects of lifeguarding and safety systems; and • managing risks, water chemistry and filtration systems, and facility operations. |
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Stiehl, J. and T. Ramsey. 2005. Climbing Walls - A Complete Guide. The complete guide for instructors, administrators, and anyone responsible for supervising an indoor climbing wall in their recreation center, school or university, camp, or community setting. |
Activity Books
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Wilderness Education Association, 2008. Hiking and Backpacking. Master teachers take you step by step through the preparation, skills, and techniques you need to know for a successful adventure. They provide you with practical tips in all these areas, and they also supply you with Web addresses to help you plan your hiking and backpacking adventures throughout the world. This practical book presents all the essential information you need for hiking, overnight camping, and backpacking. |
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American Canoe Association. Coming soon! April 2008. In Canoeing, the expert instructors from the American Canoe Association provide you with The book also includes the Quickstart Your Canoe DVD. This instructional DVD guides you through an introduction to paddle sports and basic safety and paddling techniques so you can enjoy a safe boating experience. It contains videos of the essential skills and techniques of canoeing, making it easier than ever to learn the basics. |
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Stiehl, J. and D. Chase. 2008. Traversing Walls provides you with 68 engaging activities that you can use to implement traverse wall climbing. The authors provide numerous suggestions for expanding on the games and ideas presented in the book, too. In fact, virtually any intellectual ability, academic task, popular game, or equipment can be incorporated into climbing activities, and many teachers have combined the activities with other subject matter, such as math and geography. |
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Rouse. P. 2004. Nothing sparks a child’s or adolescent’s interest like a new game! Adapted Games & Activities: From Tag to Team Building provides a wealth of games to get your students and participants moving and having fun, regardless of their cognitive or physical ability levels. By offering exciting activities that entice your students to participate, you’ll not only help them reap the enormous physical benefits of exercise, but you’ll also provide opportunities for them to learn to share, express feelings, set goals, and function independently. The activities in this book have been proven to work in the real world of school and recreation settings. |
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Strong, T. and LeFevre, D.N. 2006. The best-selling Parachute Games with DVD is now revised, extended, and packaged with a DVD you can use to preview selected activities before leading them—and let your participants preview it as well so they can see how much fun parachute games are. This new edition includes parachute care and age-appropriate uses and 59 revised and new games, plus dozens of new variations of games from the first edition |
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Byl, J. Baldauf, H., Doyle, P. and A. Raithby. 2007. Chicken and Noodle Games: 141 Fun Activities With Innovative Equipment is your ticket to promoting fun and active participation for all involved. The games use easy-to-find equipment in nontraditional ways—which means no player will start with an advantage. In addition, the equipment is inexpensive and allows you to provide a diverse selection of innovative games for very little money. The unusual equipment will capture participants’ interests, and the fun games in this book will keep them coming back for more. And some games call for no equipment at all. The games require little organization and provide great opportunities to include children of all ages and abilities. |
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D. Midura and D. Glover. 2005. Team building is a proven approach for helping people become respectful competitors, cooperative team members, and community leaders. Essentials of Team Building: Principles and Practices includes 58 activities and challenges for beginning through advanced teams and a bound-in DVD with video clips of 25 challenge demonstrations and reproducible challenge and organizer cards. |
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J. Bennett and P. Riemer. 2006. Rhythmic Activities and Dance, Second Edition, is a collection of some of the most popular recreational dance forms, geared for teachers of K-12 students and for recreation directors and leaders who want to teach easy rhythms and dances for fun and fitness. The book organization moves from easy rhythmic games and activities to specific dances, including line dances, folk dances, mixers, square dances, and social dances. It includes a new chapter on social dance, focusing on basic rhythmic patterns and introductory steps to help students learn how to waltz, foxtrot, tango, merengue, salsa or mambo, rumba, and swing. |
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Carol McNeill, C., Cory-Wright, J. and T. Renfrew. 1998. Teaching Orienteering (Second Edition) makes it easier than ever for busy teachers, leaders, and coaches to introduce orienteering skills and techniques to students of the sport. This new edition retains the highly visual, full-color format of the original version, but its content has been expanded and completely updated. |
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Bunting, C. 2006. Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Outdoor Education provides teachers and recreation and outdoor leaders with outdoor activities as well as the expertise to expand students’ understanding of the outdoors and develop their character. Units are included for challenge initiatives that don’t require a ropes course, frontcountry camping, backcountry camping, outdoor cooking techniques, land navigation, casting and angling, and archery. Also discussed are rock climbing and canoeing and kayaking. |
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Lepore, M., Gayle, G., and S. Stevens. 2007. The second edition of Adapted Aquatics Programming: A Professional Guide is packed with new material, including up-to-date information on relevant legislation, guidelines on architectural accessibility, instructional strategies, equipment, safety management, and competitive and recreational aquatics activities. |
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Lees, T. 2007. Water Fun - 116 fitness and swimming activities for all ages. A popular activity for both fun and fitness, swimming is now easier to learn, enjoy, and use as exercise with Water Fun. Including more than 100 stunts, skills, games, and workouts that may be tailored to meet specific needs, this book has something for every age and skill level. With a complete collection of individual and group activities that require little, if any, equipment, Water Fun has everything water exercisers need to become more comfortable and skilled in the water. |
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Messenger, N., Patterson, W., and D. Brook. 2000. The Science of Climbing and Mountaineering CD. The text highlights three key topics within this range of disciplines. The physiological dimensions of climbing are examined in chapters that report how the human body reacts to the rigors of climbing. Also covered are the techniques and biomechanics of climbing and the equipment, from ropes and helmets to textiles and clothing, required to make climbing safer and more comfortable. |
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