Provide time and space to enjoy energetic play outdoors daily. Provide large portable equipment that children can move about safely and cooperatively to create their own structures, such as milk crates, tyres, large cardboard tubes. Practise movement skills through games with beanbags, cones, balls and hoops. Plan activities where children can practise moving in differentContinue reading “PD MH EE R5 R6”
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PD MH EE R4
Plan opportunities for children to tackle a range of levels and surfaces including flat and hilly ground, grass, pebbles, asphalt, smooth floors and carpets. Provide a range of large play equipment that can be used in different ways, such as boxes, ladders, A-frames and barrels. Plan time for children to experiment with equipment and toContinue reading “PD MH EE R4”
PD MH EE R3
Anticipate young children’s exuberance and ensure the space is clear and suitable for their rapid and sometimes unpredictable movements. Provide opportunities to swing, spin and bounce. Provide different arrangements of toys and soft play materials to encourage crawling, tumbling, rolling and climbing. Use music to stimulate exploration with rhythmic movements. Ensure that toddlers spend lotsContinue reading “PD MH EE R3”
PD MH EE R2
Alongside the continuing role of adult bodies, the floor is the best enabling environment for babies at this stage. Limit the time older babies spend in seats, highchairs, bouncers and other “containers” as this prevents the critical physical development that takes place through crawling. Plan space to encourage free movement, while being kept safe byContinue reading “PD MH EE R2”
PD MH EE R1
The caregiver’s body is the first and foremost enabling environment, and babies need lots of time in contact with attentive and responsive adults. From birth onwards, babies need to experience movement in space through being held. Rocking, side-to-side and up-and-down movements are soothing, enjoyable and very developmentally beneficial. Provide comfortable seating both indoors and outdoors,Continue reading “PD MH EE R1”
PD MH PR R5 R6
Encourage children to move with controlled effort, and model use of vocabulary in context such as strong, firm, gentle, heavy, stretch, reach, tense and floppy. Use music of different tempo, styles and cultures to create moods and talk about how people move when they are sad, happy or cross. Motivate children to be active throughContinue reading “PD MH PR R5 R6”
PD MH PR R4
Value the ways children choose to move. Give as much opportunity as possible for children to move freely between indoors and outdoors. Talk to children about their movements and help them to explore new ways of moving, such as squirming, slithering and twisting along the ground like a snake, and moving quickly, slowly or onContinue reading “PD MH PR R4”
PD MH PR R3
Enable toddlers to have at least three hours a day moving and being active, both indoors and outdoors, across the day and according to the child’s interest. Develop a shared team culture of managing risk positively so as to enable toddlers to explore and stretch their abilities. Continue to provide a visible, attentive “safe base”Continue reading “PD MH PR R3”
PD MH PR R2
Enable older babies to have at least three hours a day moving and being active, taken in short periods, across the day and according to the child’s interest. Develop a shared approach to managing risk that enables babies to explore and develop their abilities. Ensure that clothing supports babies’ mobility for crawling and is notContinue reading “PD MH PR R2”
PD MH PR R1
Ensure that from birth onwards babies have frequent opportunities for moving and being active throughout the time that they are awake. Take babies outdoors as much as possible, paying attention to their responses to sensory stimulations such as smells, changing light and moving air. Give babies lots of time being touched and held, moving aroundContinue reading “PD MH PR R1”
PD MH UC R6
Chooses to move in a range of ways, moving freely and with confidence making changes to body shape, position and pace of movement such as slithering, shuffling, rolling, crawling, walking, running, jumping, skipping, sliding and hopping Experiments with different ways of moving, testing out ideas and adapting movements to reduce risk Jumps off an objectContinue reading “PD MH UC R6”
PD MH UC R5
Climbs stairs, steps and moves across climbing equipment using alternate feet. Maintains balance using hands and body to stabilise Walks down steps or slopes whilst carrying a small object, maintaining balance and stability Runs with spatial awareness and negotiates space successfully, adjusting speed or direction to avoid obstacles Can balance on one foot or inContinue reading “PD MH UC R5”
PD MH UC R4
Sits up from lying down, stands up from sitting and squats with steadiness to rest or play with object on the ground, and rises to feet without using hands. Sits comfortably on a chair with both feet on the ground Runs safely on whole foot Moves in response to music, or rhythms played on instrumentsContinue reading “PD MH UC R4”
PD MH UC R3
Develops security in walking upright using feet alternately and can also run short distances Walks upstairs facing forwards holding rail or hand of adult, with both feet onto a single step at a time Changes position from standing to squatting and sitting with little effort Participates in finger and action rhymes, songs and games, imitatingContinue reading “PD MH UC R3”
PD MH UC R2
Belly crawling moves into crawling up on hands and knees Becomes adept at changing position from crawling to sitting in order to stop, pick up, handle and investigate objects Sits unsupported on the floor, leaving hands free to manipulate objects with both hands Picks up objects in palmar grip and shakes, waves, bangs, pulls andContinue reading “PD MH UC R2”
PD MH UC R1
Gradually develops ability to hold up own head Makes movements with arms and legs which gradually become more controlled – moves hands together/legs together Follows and tracks a sound or moving object, moving head and eyes When lying on back, plays with hands and grasps feet, alternating mouthing hands/feet with focusing gaze on them, andContinue reading “PD MH UC R1”