Active for Life: Developmentally Appropriate Movement Programs for Young Children
Stephen Sanders, EdD, is the chair of the department of health and physical education at the Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee. Dr. Sanders was also an associate professor at the University of Memphis and Auburn University. He began his career teaching physical education in middle and high schools in Indiana and Georgia. He also was the president and owner of the Children’s Movement Center in Marietta, Georgia, a preschool physical education program for children 6 months to 6 years of age, with an enrollment of 1,500 children.Dr. Sanders has consulted and published extensively on preschool movement programs.  He was the editor of the Journal of Teaching Elementary Physical Education (TEPE) for three years as well as the Preschool Section managing editor for PE Central, a prominent Web site for physical education teachers. He is a member of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and the National Association for the Education of Young Children.