Description - Toddlers Moving and Learning by Rae Pica
Physical education is a critical part of every early childhood curriculum. Children need to move to channel their energies in creative, beneficial ways and to learn habits for lifelong health and fitness. Toddlers Moving & Learning provides more than 50 developmentally appropriate activities that contribute to a well-rounded curriculum in any classroom or program.
The book contains
- An updated introduction reflecting new research and trends in early childhood health and fitness and information on how movement benefits children's learning and development
- Fourteen lesson plans, each with one body parts activity, one nonlocomotor activity, one locomotor skill experience, and one activity exploring an element of movement, for a total of 56 activities
- Extension ideas and adaptations to use with children who have special needs
- Curriculum connections for each activity and explanations about how activities are aligned with and meet early learning standards from NAEYC and NASPE
- A CD with original music to add joy and energy to the activities
Buy Toddlers Moving and Learning by Rae Pica from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.
A Preview for this title is currently not available.