A systematic pattern of physical education and sports in elementary schools must be emphasised for founding physical education at grass-root level.

The elementary School Child; the teaching of motor skills; facilities, equipment and Supplies; body mechanics: postures in Physical education; Play, games and Athletic Activities; General Notes on games for Elementary Schools; Games Practices for Seven to Nine Year Old Children; List of Games: Seven to Nine year old Children; List of Games: Nine to Eleven Year Old Children; etc. are the major topics, described lucidly in this book.

Physical education and sports are considered significant phase of secondary school educational program. Athletic contests were started by groups of students as social events in the colleges. As the interest in competition grew, it was not uncommon for persons outside the school to be recruited to play on the teams. The development from this dubious beginning which culminated in the program of interscholastic as we know it today is an interesting story.

The following topics are elaborately discussed in this book: Objectives of Secondary School Athletics; Standards of Eligibility for Interscholastic Athletic Competition; State High School Athletic and Activity Associations; Objectives of Practice Schedules; The Sprints; The Quarter-Mile Run; The Half-Mile Run; The Mile Run; Cross Country; The Relays; The High Hurdles; The Low Hurdles; The Broad Jump; The High Jump; The Pole Vault; The Shot-Put; The Discuss Throw; The Javelin Throw; Training; Grades 9 and 10; and Grades 11 and 12 etc.

Evidence from archaeology, anthropology, and history indicates that sports and games, dances and festivals, and the endless play of children have formed cultural patterns inseparably woven into the history of man wherever he has lived. The most primitive of men undoubtedly undertook to instruct their young in various physical activities involved in securing food, in self defence, and in other phases of self-preservation.

The Normative Foundations of Physical Education; Socio-cultural foundations; Psychological Foundations; biological Foundations; Competitive Sports; Leisure and Physical Education; The Conduct of Sports; Awards and Point Systems; the Conduct of Non-Competitive Activities; Policies and Administration Plans for Local Athletic Programs, etc. are the major topics, discussed in this boo. Certainly this book will prove of utmost use to the users.

The curriculum is the total situation or groups of situations available to the teacher and school administrator through which to make behaviour changes in the endless stream of children and youth that passes through the doors of the school.

Curriculum of Physical Education contains well-researched information on the following topics: Objectives of Physical Education Curriculum; Curriculum Content in Physical Education; The Curriculum Guide; Selecting Curriculum Experiences; The Physical Education Curriculum; Organising Learning Experiences; Techniques of Curriculum Development; Nursery School-Kindergarten; Grade 1 and 2; Grade 3 and 4; Grade 5 and 6; Grade 7 and 8; The Intramural Programme; The Programme of Interscholastic and Intercollegiate Athletics; Camping as in Integral Part of the School Curriculum; Reaction and physical education etc. Students, teachers and sports administrators will find this book of utmost use.