Child health program for parent-teacher associations and women's clubs .. . thletic leagues, providing baseball, basketball,etc., are partly meeting this need. Girl Scout and Boy Scout move-jnents have also done much, but the school, with an all-day program,as worked out by some of our private schools, really solves theproblem. Here children can hike or play out of doors in groups,for two or three hours every afternoon. Communities should not leave it to chance that children aretaught out-of-door sports, such as swimming, skating, hiking, opportunity for out-of-door activities should
Child health program for parent-teacher associations and women's clubs .. . thletic leagues, providing baseball, basketball,etc., are partly meeting this need. Girl Scout and Boy Scout move-jnents have also done much, but the school, with an all-day program,as worked out by some of our private schools, really solves theproblem. Here children can hike or play out of doors in groups,for two or three hours every afternoon. Communities should not leave it to chance that children aretaught out-of-door sports, such as swimming, skating, hiking, opportunity for out-of-door activities should be fully utilized. In order to find out the recreational needs of the children in yourcommunity, it is suggested that the following data be gathered beforethe meeting for discussion: How do your boys and girls spend the afternoons of school days?How do your boys and girls spend their Saturdays?How do your boys and girls spend their Sundays? How far does the playground, Boy Scout, Girl Scout, Camp Fire, Y. M. C. A.,and Y. W. C. A. meet this problem in your own community?. Candidates For Health. This baby is a weekly visitor to the baby health station. His brothers need a nutrition clinic to help them develop strong bodies.(Courtesy of the Childrens Playground Association, Baltimore.) (9) Bibliography: Recreation. Title. Author. Purpose. Num-ber ofpages. Price. Publisher. (Athletics.)Handbook of AthleticGames. J. H. Bancroft,and W. D. Pul-vermacher. Handbook of 15 majorball games, trackand field athletics,and rowing races. 627 $ Macmillan, 1916. Girls and Athletics. M. C. Morgan. The Teaching of Jfcle-mentary SchoolGymnastics. W. P. Bowen. 119 $ F. A. Bassette Co., German Bldg., Springfield, Mass. (Singing games.)Games for the play-ground, home,school, and gymna-sium. J. H. Bancroft. 456 $ Macmillan, 1915. Folk Dances andSinging Games. Elizabeth Burche-nal. Twenty-six folkdances with music,directions for per-formance, and num-erous illustrations. 2 vols. $ G. Sch
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