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Movements and Meaning-making (s8097327) - Coggle Diagram
Movements and Meaning-making (s8097327)
Benefits
Physical Development - children love moving about and investigating their surroundings, which assists them in:
attain and sustain a healthy weight.
Build strong bones and muscles.
improve balance, movement and coordination skills
promote mental, emotional and social wellbeing
Social Development
form positive relationships
have conversations
self-esteem & confidence
develop language skills
Language Development - movement is a crucial way to communicate and express their thoughts and feelings (Zero to Three, n.d. , p.5).
children pointing towards something they want
form relationships
communicate their needs
Intellectual Development
imagination
problem solving
role play
Physical Play - every baby and young child benefits from a combination of physical exercise, inactivity, and sleep throughout a 24-hour period. Physical exercise for young children mostly occurs through unconstrained, active play (AGDHAC, 2021).
Indoor
Active play
Spontaneous play
Intentionally planned play
Outdoor
Fundamental movement skills (FMS) are set of gross motor movements involving different body parts (Munch & Move, 2020).
Stability skills
Examples: balancing, turning, hanging, stretching etc.
Locomotive skills
Examples: walking, running, skipping, jumping etc.
Manipulative skills
Examples: throwing, catching, kicking, bouncing etc.
Role of educator
FMS- early childhood educators should support children in the development of fundamental movement skills by introducing them early through play and exploration while providing children with purposeful opportunities to practice these skills. This will help the skills not only strengthen but also gain confident.
Physical task
gardening and packing up
Risky play
Helps children gain confidence in handling with difficult situations that contribute to their well-being.
camping
gardening
bush kinder
develop motor skills (balance & coordination)
Active transport
walking and pedalling to travel
Importance of movement
It is essential that parents and caregivers support and encourage children to be active in order to help them be healthier, happier, smarter, and stronger (AGDHAC, 2021).
spending more time in active play
spending less time sitting
getting enough sleep
Role of educator
By allowing children to construct their own play and engage in activities that promote independence and acceptable risk-taking while being monitored (AGDHAC, 2021).
Refer back to eylf, nqs guidelines
Developmental Milestones
Babies
Every baby matures at an individual rate, determined by both their surroundings (nurture) and their genes (nature).
Examples:
tummy time
walking
crawling on hands and knees
rolling cover
head control
EYLF
0-4 months
"moves whole body[,] squirms, legs move up and down[,] eating and sleeping pattern[,] begins to roll from side to side" (EYLF, 2018, p. 4).
4-8 months
"plays with feet and toes[,] raises head and chest when lying on stomach[,] rolls from back to stomach" (EYLD, 2018, p. 6).
8-12 months
"pulls self to standing position when hands held[,] raises self to sitting position[,] sits without support" (EYLF, 2018, p. 8).
Toddlers
Laterality & Directionality
Examples:
Twister: move their body in specific directions which helps develop their directionality and laterality skills
Pop tube toys: stretch tube across their body using their fin motor skills
Simon says: gross motor skills
Mid-line: developing the skill to 'cross the midline' with both hands and then with the eyes
cognitive & physical development
writing skills
muscle tone in shoulder, arms and fingers
reading skills
eyes' capacity to glide smoothly from left to right, crossing the midline between both eyes
maths skills (shapes)
spatial awareness developed by moving the body around
Examples: washing hands, writing, cutting and pasting, drawing and painting
Preschool
Video:
Encouraging Physical Activity in Preschoolers