Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 1Week beginning

03.11.14

Aims and Objectives•To identify the benefits of physical play

•To describe the short term effects of Physical exercise

•To produce a table highlighting the effects on Children’s physical well being

Starter - Shake up cards

• Pick one of the shake up cards available • In pairs complete the given activity and

note how this may benefit a child in your care?

• Feedback your feeling to the whole group

Flipped Learning

Share your findings from the self study task Title – Physical Development FL on Oracle

Benefits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4T8kXRVwTM

Make notes of our findings from the clip

Make a table

Short Term Long term Well Being

Highlight the effects and benefits of physical development under each given

heading.

Why is physical activity good for children?

Physical activity plays an important role in helping children and young people to be fit and healthy – in the short and the long term – in all sorts of ways, such as:• a healthy weight• strong bones and muscles• balance and flexibility• posture• cardiovascular fitness• blood pressure, cholesterol and insulin sensitivity (risk factors for coronary

heart disease and type 2 diabetes in adults).• relaxation• self-esteem• social skills and social networks.

Information gained from http://www.healthykids.nsw.gov.au/stats-research/physical-activity.aspx

Short Term

Physical activity helps children to build muscle, develops the skeletal frame, develops the heart and lung functional. Physical activities also play an important part in the prevention of obesity. Children who are sufficient active, are likely to get to sleep more easily and also sleep for longer. When physical activity is undertaken outdoors, children are also less likely to develop infections such as cols or the flu

Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 2Week beginning

03.11.14

Aims and Objectives• To identify how to find your pulse• To describe the difference between a resting heart beat and

an active heart rate • To identify physical activities that can be carried out with

Children • To demonstrate activities to be carried out with Children and

young people • To explain the effects of physical activity and the effects on

the body• To identify Long term effects of physical exercise • To describe how physical exercise effects a child’s well being• To evaluate your physical activity • To complete your table highlighting the long and short term

effects on the child or young persons development

Starter

Using the classroom white board, create a graffiti board to

identify, why physical activity is good for children?

Finding your pulse 

• You can find your pulse in places where an artery passes close to your skin, such as your wrist or neck.

• To find your pulse in your wrist:• hold out one of your hands, with your palm facing

upwards and your elbow slightly bent • put the first finger (index) and middle finger of your

other hand on the inside of your wrist, at the base of your thumb

• press your skin lightly until you can feel your pulse – if you can't feel anything, you may need to press a little harder or move your fingers around

What's a normal heart rate?

• Most adults have a resting heart rate of 60-100 beats per minute (bpm).

• The fitter you are, the lower your resting heart rate is likely to be. For example, athletes may have a resting heart rate of 40-60 bpm or lower.

What is your resting heart rate?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUlbTCjnX6E

Make a tally of your BPM

Lets get active

We are going over to the field as a whole L3 group to complete a bin bag race. We are going to monitor and record our pulse rates before and after the activity.

Now lets look at your heart rate

Feedback

Feedback on physical bin bag race challenge. What skills did you used and how completing the activity has altered your BMP

Long Term

Physical activity in young children can not only support health in the short term, it can also give children a positive attitude towards sport, playing outdoors and walking. It is important to build these good foundations in young children, because the overall trend if for children to become less active when they are older. If young children are not active they could become overweight or obese, this in tern could develop into Type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

Group Discussion

• What physical activities have you completed in your life?

• As a group write your answers on the classroom white board

• How has this effected your physical wellbeing today?

Well-Being

Physical activity is also important to children’s overall well-being. If physical activity is taken out doors, children benefit from being out in the fresh air and in an environment that can make them feel free. Children also benefit emotionally and socially as they learn new skills and develop confidence in playing alongside others

Activity Plan

Refer back to your completed physical activity plan and reflect on how this activity promoted children physical and emotional wellbeing. Look at how you could extend this to increase physical skills used.

Evaluate your activity, to plan for the child’s next steps

Effects of no exercise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utuPQRXf-Sw

Compare your notes about what would happen if children did not

get the needed exercise?

Update your physical development table and type it on the computer

Short Term Long term Well Being

Highlight the effects and benefits of physical development under each given heading.

Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 3Week beginning

03.11.14

Aims and Objectives• To describe why physical activity is

important to the short and long-term health and wellbeing of children

• To identify the support available to Children and their families

• To describe the support that these services can provide

• To explain how consistent physical activities in young children form positive habits for the future

Starter

Using your mobile devices look up and make notes about the following article

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25316238

Discuss your views and opinions with the group

Create a poster to use a product evidence, to display in a setting

In your poster you will need to include

• Why physical activity is important to the short and

long-term health and wellbeing of children• Make it colourful and creative • Ensure you add an appropriate level of detail

This product evidence can be use for Unit 40 – 1.1 LO1 Understand the importance of physical activity and the development of movement skills for young children’s development, health and wellbeing

What support is there for Children and their families

In small groups research and produce a presentation

• Play England - Group 1• Love Outdoor Play - Group 2• Play4life - Group 3• Change4life – Group 4

Discuss as a group

How would consistent physical activities in young

children form positive habits for the future?

Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 4Week beginning

10.11.14

Aims and Objectives• To identify physical development skills.• To describe how we can encourage children to move.• To describe the typical patterns of physical

development. • To identify different types of physical skills.• To describe typical age and stage of physical

development for Children and Young people aged 0 -19 years of age.

• To describe how physical development links to emotional, social, Language and Cognitive development.

• To describe how children develop their physical skills.

Starter – Post It

• Split into two groups• Identify the shortest member of your group• Using the post it notes provided, highlight

physical skills of the body and how we can promote these

• Stick your answers on your selected team mate

• The group with the most post it’s wins

Movement skills

Travel (travelling movements where the child moves from one point to another)

Object control (movements such as throwing, catching, dribbling which involve objects being sent, received, travelled with)

Balance and coordination

How can we encourage children to use these movement skills, move around the room with your answers

Physical Development

• From simple to complex – For example, a child will walk before he or he can skip or hop

• From head to toe – for example head control is acquired before coordination of the spinal muscles. Head control is important from birth in order for the baby to feed

• From inner to outer – for example, a child can coordinate his or her arms to reach for an object before he of she has learnt the fine manipulative skills necessary to pick it up.

• From general to specific – for example a young baby shows pleasure by massive general response.

Matching Pairs Game

Match your physical skills with the given images

Remember to take images to use for research

Research – Physical age and stage

Using the Early Years books, complete the given hand out, identifying appropriate age and stage of physical development for the given age ranges.

Move around the room

Moving around the room please link other aspects of development for children.

Emotional Development Social Development

Language Development Cognitive Development

Clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAG0ZyS1Xp8

Watching the clip, please observe what physical skills the children are demonstrating and how these can link into other areas of development

Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 5Week beginning

10.11.14

Aims and Objectives• To reflect on the impact of children’s physical

development skills and how this supports child’s overall development

• Explain the importance of natural outdoor environments for young children’s physical activity and movement skills

• Explain the importance of building physical activity into everyday routines

Starter

Please convert the following ages into years and months

1) 16 Months2) 20 Months3) 22 Months4) 26 Months5) 30 Months6) 36 Months7) 40 Months8) 50 Months9) 60 Months

1) 1 Year 4 Months2) 1 Year 8 Months3) 1 Year 10 Months4) 2 Years 2 Months5) 2 Year 6 Months6) 3 Years7) 3 Years 4 Months8) 4 Years 2 Months9) 5 Years

Extra help......

Children’s physical development includes holistic development of the child through different areas of developmental milestones, individual children develop at different rates but in broadly the same sequence, through gross motor which is physical development.

In infant this could be through their reflexes, development of locomotion, balance and co-ordination.

Fine motor which is also physical development. In infant this could also be through their reflexes, by use of tools, and increase in control when using the tools

Extra help......

The impact physical development has on other areas of development, is that a young child who is not yet mobile is not able to explore the environment in the same way as a more mobile child, this in turn could possibly impacting on their social and intellectual development.

A young child who regularly participates in group physical activities, has opportunities to develop language and communication skills for example listening to instructions or expressing feelings. Young child who regularly participates in group physical activities, has opportunities to develop social skills for example cooperation and taking turns, this development of movement skills links to children's intellectual development through reasoning and problem solving skills

Written Question – 1.2

Put all your learning into context and write a paragraph to explain the development of movement skills in young children and how these skills affect other aspects of development

Read p. 352/353 for support Include ties to hand/eye development of

norms and movement skill norms 0 – 5. Also add a conclusion linking to other

aspects of development.

Group Discussion

Unit 40 - 2.3 Explain the importance of natural outdoor environments for

young children’s physical activity and movement skills

Unit 40 - 4.1 Explain the importance of building physical activity into

everyday routines

We are going to complete a group discussion, using a dictaphone to record your response, everyone within the group will need to contribute to meet the criteria

Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 6Week beginning

10.11.14

Aims and Objectives• Identifying that every child is unique and

meeting individual needs is vital• Outline different way to meet children’s

individual needs when learning the alphabet

• Explain the importance of building physical activity in everyday routines

• Outline ways to provide opportunities for physical activity within everyday routine

Starter – Using your EYFS Development Matters 1. At what age identified in the EYFS should a child be able to

“shows understanding of how to transport and store equipment safety “?

2. Within the physical development section of the EYFS, under what subheading should a childe be able to “Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines”?

3. Identify 3 ideas for offering an enabling environment, for children aged 8 – 20months, under the Health and self-care section of physical development

Starter – Answers1. At what age identified in the EYFS should a child be able to

“shows understanding of how to transport and store equipment safety “ ? 40 – 60+ Months

2. Within the physical development section of the EYFS, under what subheading should a childe be able to “Imitates drawing simple shapes such as circles and lines”?

Moving and handling 3. .

Cutting - Lets make a crown

• Cut out your given shape using the opposite hand than you are used to.

Feedback you findings

Writing – for our crown

• Write what is on the board with the opposite had than you are used to.

“My name is …….…… do you like my neat handwriting? I have made a

crown for a queen.”

Feedback you findings

Right handed alphabet

Graffiti board

Using the classroom white board, create a graffiti board to

explain the importance of

building physical activity in everyday

routines?

Are the children using physical skills?

The coat trick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hje81PtR5Pc

Planning for your next placement.

Unit 40 – 4.2Demonstrate in own practice how young children are provided with opportunities for physical activity within everyday routines

• Create an action plan of how you will demonstrate this within your next placement visit

Unit 40: Promote Young Children’s Physical Activity and Movement Skills

Session 7Week beginning

10.11.14

Aims and Objectives• To describe appropriate physical activities to take part in

during differing working environments• Assess effectiveness of planned provision in: supporting

physical activity• Describe how to support confidence and progression in

movement skills• Identify and record areas for improvement• Reflect on own practice in supporting young children’s

physical development and movement skills

Starter - Move to the music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMgC6SnOH20

Physical activity can be a part of:

In pairs, create appropriate activities for your given task

• Family activities (you are a nanny)• Games (you work in a nursery)• Sports ( you are a PE teacher in a School )• Playing with friends ( you are a child-minder)• Getting to places by walking or cycling (you are a youth

worker)

Plan your physical activity ensure you have thought about how to keep children safe

Create a reflective account for Unit 40 – 5.1 and 2.3

Go onto Oracle to get the reflection paperwork 5.1 - Assess effectiveness of planned provision in:

– supporting physical activity– supporting confidence and progression in movement skills

5.2 - Identify and record areas for improvement5.3 - Reflect on own practice in supporting

young children’s physical development and movement skills

For next session

Please print off your own individual copy of the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage.