Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Body Awareness
What does physical development mean to me... It mean that children are meeting the proper milestones for their age, such as walking, running, balance, and fine motor skills. Children grow a lot during early childhood and without the proper development will have an overall impact that will affect them when they become adults.
Chicka Chicka Clap Bumb
Body Awareness 3+
Materials: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Book, space to move. Beginning of Activity: Read the book and explain everytime you say chicka you have to clap twice and every time you say boom you have to bump hips with a partner. Early: Clap with the kids and have teacher assistant to bump hips with so the children are seeing and hearing what to do. Middle: Have the children clap when you say chicka and bump hips with a partner when you say boom. Later: Do these actions without the teacher showing the children just saying the words. End of Activity: Get drink of water. Follow-up Ideas: Teach more about the hips. Ask them about other body parts. |
100 ExcerisesGross Motor Skills 3+
Materials: Large space Beginning of Activity: Choose 5 exercises to do with the children. Do them 20 times. Early: Stretch to the Sky, jump on two feet, touch toes, swing their arms, dance. Middle: Have children jump, hop on one foot, then the other foot, skip, gallop Later: crab walk, gallop, skip, walk and bounce a ball, push ups. End of Activity: Drink some water Follow-up Ideas: Play tag. Play basketball. |
Healthy TeethPersonal Care 3+
Materials: Water, tooth brush, tooth paste, mirror, cups, mold of teeth. Beginning of activity: Read books about tooth brushing. Early: Have the children brush molds of fake teeth. Middle: Have the children brush their own teeth. How to reach all parts of their mouth. Later: Teach them about cavities, flossing, proper brushing habits. End of Activity: Send them home with new brushes and tooth paste. Follow-up Ideas: Have a hygienist visit. Talk about other types of doctors. |