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Title: Dramatized Rhythm Plays
Mother Goose and Traditional

Author: John N. Richards

Release Date: July 10, 2007 [EBook #22035]

Language: English

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DRAMATIZED RHYTHM PLAYS

Mother Goose and Traditional

by
JOHN N. RICHARDS, B.P.E.
Assistant Supervisor of Physical Education
Newark, N.J.

New York
A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY
1931

Copyright, 1922,
by
A. S. BARNES AND COMPANY

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PREFACE

The following rhythmic plays compiled by Mr. John N. Richards of the
Newark Department of Physical Education have been devised to meet the
needs in the transition of Physical Education activities between the
kindergarten and the first few years of the primary school.

The physiologist tells us that the nervous organism of early childhood
is injured by the strain of strict, immobile attention required in
formal gymnastics. Therefore it is wise to hold the child's interest and
attention by means of dramatized nursery plays. These make little strain
on mental application and the child is able to dramatize