Table of Contents

Foreword; Mary Renck Jalongo.- Part One:  Foundations of Physical Activity and Health Promotion in Early Childhood.- 1. Physical Activity and Health Promotion in Early Childhood:  Definition, Rationale, and Outcomes; Hannah Meckley Brewer.- 2. The Effect of Fine Motor Skill Activities on Kindergarten Student Attention; Audrey C. Rule and Latisha L. Smith.- 3. Early Childhood Education Environments:  Affordances for Risk-taking and Physical Activity in Play; Shirley Wyver and Helen Little.- 4. Viewing Children's Movement through an Ecological Lens:  Using the Interaction of Constraints to Design Positive Movement Experiences; Linda Gagen and Nancy Getchell.- 5. Physical Literacy:  Addressing Core Academic Standards through Planned Physical Activity; David Wachob.- Part Two:  Evidence-Based teaching strategies that promote physical activity and Health During Early childhood.- 6. Using Interactive Video Games to Enhance Physical Activity Levels among Children; Jennifer Rudella and Jennifer V. Butz.- 7. Understanding the Relationship Between Dog Ownership and Children’s Physical Activity; Hayley Christian, Carri Westgarth and Daniel M. Della Vedova.- 8. Integrating Pedometers in Early Childhood Settings to Promote the Development of Positive Health Trajectories; Leah E. Robinson, E. Kipling Webster, Kara K Palmer and Catherine Persad.- 9. Preschoolers with Developmental Delays, Adapted Physical Education, Related Services, Physical Activity, and Collaborative Teaching; Nathan M. Murata.- 10. Exploring Daily Physical Activity and Nutrition Patterns in Early Learning Settings: Observational Snapshots of Young Children in Head Start, Primary, and After-School Settings; Dolores Ann Stegelin, Denise Anderson, Karen Kemper, Jennifer Young Wagner and Katharine Evans.- 11. Using Physical Activity to Teach Academic Content: A Study of the Effects on Literacy in Preschoolers; Erik Kirk and Stacie M. Kirk.- 12. A New Inventory for Assessing Affordances in the Home Environment for Motor Development (AHEMD-SR); Carl Gabbard and Priscila Caçola.- Part Three:  Physical Education Programs and Preservice/Inservice Teacher Education.- 13. Break for Physical Activity: Incorporating Classroom-Based Physical Activity into Preschools; Danielle D. Wadsworth and E. Kipling Webster.- 14. Active Designs for Movement in Early Childhood Education; Serap Sevimli Celik.- 15. Teaching Pre-service Early Childhood Educators about Educational Movement through Health and Wellness; Traci Zillifro.- 16. Increasing Children’s Participation in Physical Activity through a Before School Physical Activity Program; Keri Kulik and Justin Kulik.- 17. The Role of Service-Learning in Preparing Teachers and Related Professionals to Promote Health and Physical Activity in Early Childhood; Marybeth Miller.