A complete movement curriculum for preschoolers and kindergartners
Give children opportunities to explore all kinds of movement, to find
and use their own personal rhythms, and to feel good about participating
in physical activity. This curriculum incorporates more than 80
developmentally appropriate movement activities designed to help
preschoolers and kindergartners develop habits that encourage lifelong
health and fitness and success in all areas of learning.
Everything you need to get started is here, including:
An introduction to implementing physical education into your
curriculum
An explanation of the ways creative movement supports children's
physical, social/emotional, cognitive, and creative development
Tips to create a positive learning environment, suggestions for adding
equipment to activities, simple questions to evaluate whether or not the
children are meeting the activity's objective, and information on how
the activities meet early learning standards outlined by NAEYC and
AAHPERD
Twenty lesson plans with four 45-minute activities per plan--plus
extensions and adaptations for children with special needs
Curriculum Connectors that identify each activity's correlation with
content learning areas
A CD filled with original music to add joy and energy to the
activities