Teaching Tumbling Book

Teaching Tumbling by Phillip Ward

You don't need to be a gymnastics expert to teach introductory tumbling. With dozens of skills, drills, and lesson plans for children, ages 5 through 11, Teaching Tumbling makes it easy to incorporate these fundamental skills into your classes.

The most complete resource of its kind, Teaching Tumbling outlines 86 basic tumbling skills and 42 sequenced lesson plans designed to introduce children to gymnastics safely and correctly, develop their strength and flexibility skills in preparation for physical activities, and enhance their motor development.

To make tumbling instruction as efficient and effective as possible, author and gymnastics veteran Phillip Ward also packs the book with these valuable features:

• Critical elements, cues, and prompts for each skill
• Skill finder to match activities to lesson plans
• Scope and sequence chart to help you plan curriculum content
• Full-page, reproducible task cards to laminate for circuit stations
• Skills checklist to evaluate student progress
• Illustrated drills and skills
• Assessment suggestions
• Teaching tips for working with children in grades K-6
• Recommended tumbling and gymnastics resources and materials

Teaching Tumbling provides the detailed curriculum you need to make tumbling a success for you and your students.