CO-RECREATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

General Objective of Education:

A succession of experiences by which the learners grow in
power and efficiency to participate in all the activities

of a wholesome and satisfying life.
~- F, G. Bonser

Specific Objective of Social Dancing:
To develop socially well~adjusted boys and girls =

ae By insuring the boy or girl an ease or poise in a
social group.

be By instilling desirable attitudes towards the
learning and use of good mannerse

Ce By developing wholesome boy and girl relationshipse

Immediate Problem:

To build up satisfying attitudes that are socially sound.

Procedure:

I have asked Mrs. Rose Oxman, the sixth grade teacher
at the Monroe School, to give her techniques of presenting
the programe

"My interest in Physical Co-education grew out of a
demonstration program I saw last year at the Endion Schools

"Interest of the children was aroused by my account of
some dances in which I had taken part in the class conducted by the
women Physical Education teachers, one of which was the Kentucky Round
Dancee We had been studying about the Kentucky Mountaineers, and when
the children expressed a desire to learn one of their dances, I took
this opportunity to introduce what was to become social dancing.

"From this, we proceeded, with Miss Owens! help, to other
dances: the "Four in a Boat," "Turn the Glasses Over," etce, where
"choosing a partner" was not necessary, but wherein boys and girls
participated. By this time, attitudes of courtesy and "fun for all" had
been established to the point where children were considered ready for
dances for which partners had to be chosen. The Schottische was the dance,
and all the children willingly participated.