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HOMEMADE PLAY EQUIPMENT

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by DAVID E. CORBIN and CHARLES B. CORBIN

2nd edition, 135 pages, $13.95
ISBN 978-0-89641-221-7  Review Shopping Cart


Homemade Play Equipment
provides teachers, recreation leaders, scout leaders, parents and others who are interested in games with ideas for constructing and using "homemade" equipment. The ideas provide ways to enable each child in a large group to have a piece of equipment and be actively playing. The text describes the construction of inexpensive equipment by recycling "throw away" items such as plastic bottles, coat hangers, nylon stockings, coffee cans, and many other household items. It also focuses on unique and low cost equipment. Sample activities are provided for all equipment described, as seen on Late Night with David Letterman.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION
Use of Inexpensive Equipment in Movement Exploration
Cooperative Construction of Equipment
Book Content

Chapter 2: EQUIPMENT MADE WITH THROW AWAY ITEMS AND ACCOMPANYING ACTIVITIES
Beach Bottle Ball Scoops
Nylon Stocking Rackets
Yarn Balls
Hose Balls
Bicycle Inner tube
Inner Tube Relays and Games
Inner Tube Strips
Broomsticks
Bread Wrapper Jump Ropes
Chinese Jump Rope
Swing and Jump
Wrapped Newspaper Balls
Sponge Rubber Strip Balls
Fling Ball
Stocking Toe Balls
Plastic Bottle Ball or Puck
Tin Can Stilts
Wooden Stilts
Wicket Ball
Tennis Ball Twirler
Washers
Measuring Strip for Jumping
Lid Flying Saucers
Coffee Can Targets
Can Catch
Tires
Milk Cartons
Milk Dispenser Bladders
Piece Papers
Rocker Walker
No Net Table Tennis
Tennis or Racquetball Tetherball
Soccer Kick Recoil

Chapter 3: LOW COST EQUIPMENT AND ACCOMPANYING ACTIVITIES
Wood Blocks
Lumey Sticks
Sponge Rubber Balls
Balloons
Beach balls
Paper Strips
Hoops
Bamboo Poles
Bean Bags
Velcro Targets
Balance Beam
Ball Tee

Chapter 4: OTHER UNIQUE EQUIPMENT AND ACTIVITIES
Parachutes
Cargo Nets
Tube Tumbling
Gym Scooters

Chapter 5: THE USE OF MOVEMENT ROUTINES
Tumbling Routines
Jumpnastics
Basic Jumpnastics Skills
Movement Cards
Ball Routines
Summary

Chapter 6: INEXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT FOR GENERAL USE
Fire Hose Boundary Lines
Plastic Clothesline Boundary Lines
Bowling Pin Markers
Soap Barrels for Equipment Storage
Tile Bases
The Ball Patrol
Game Standards
Homemade Nets
Bike Inner Tube Nets

Chapter 7: FREE AND INEXPENSIVE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
Barrel Pyramid

Chapter 8: JUGGLING
Scarf Juggling
Bean Bag or Ball Juggling
Three Box Juggling

APPENDIX

SOURCES OF EQUIPMENT

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Corbin is a Professor of Physical Education at the University of Nebraska in Omaha.

Charles Corbin is a Professor of Exercise Science and Physical Education at Arizona State University in Tempe.

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