Preschoolers and Kindergartners Moving and Learning (eBook)

Rae Pica: Rae Pica has been an early childhood education consultant, specializing in children’s physical activity, since 1980. She is cofounder of the BAM! Radio Network, the world’s largest online education radio network, and host of Educators Radio programs Body, Mind, and Child and Teacher’s Aid, for which she interviews experts in education, child development, play research, the neurosciences, and more, on a wide variety of topics. Rae is the founder and director of Moving and Learning, a company offering services and materials related to physical activity for children from birth to age eight. A former adjunct instructor with the University of New Hampshire, she is the author of many books for early childhood professionals and parents. Rae has shared her expertise with such groups as the Sesame Street Research Department, the Head Start Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Nickelodeon’s Blue’s Clues, Gymboree, and state health departments throughout the country. Rae also served on the task force of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) that created national guidelines for early childhood physical activity, is a member of several advisory boards, and serves on the executive committee of the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International.

Table of ContentsActivity Chart Curriculum Connectors Chart Song List Preface Introduction Benefits of Moving & Learning Implementing the ProgramPreschoolers and Kindergartners: Developmental Considerations Lesson 1 Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Let’s Bend Let’s Walk Exploring Up and Down Lesson 2 Show Me Let’s Stretch “Walking Along Again” Big and Little Lesson 3 My Fingers Bending and Stretching Let’s Run Bridges and Tunnels Lesson 4 See My Hands Let’s Shake Creepy-Crawly Making Shapes Lesson 5 See My Face Let’s Sway Let’s Jump “Pop Goes the Weasel” Lesson 6 Simon Says Let’s Bounce “Rabbits and ’Roos” Moving Backward Lesson 7 “The Body Song” Exploring Bending and Stretching Moving Like Animals “Moving Slow/Moving Fast” Lesson 8 Mirror Game Let’s Turn “Marching Band” Exploring Body and Spatial Directions Lesson 9 “Hands-Hands-Hands” Let’s Sit Let’s Leap “Moving Softly/Moving Loudly” Lesson 10 “A Face Has Many Roles in Life” Let’s Push and Pull Let’s Gallop “Marching Slow/Marching Fast” Lesson 11 Switcheroo! Let’s Strike Follow the Leader “High & Low” Lesson 12 Body-Part Relationships Let’s Lift Shadow Game “Robots & Astronauts” Lesson 13 Traveling Body Parts Let’s Swing “Locomotion I” Exploring Force Lesson 14 Exploring Right and Left Let’s Twist The Tightrope Exploring Movement Elements Lesson 15 Exploring Weight Placement In My Own Space Let’s Hop “Staccato/Legato” Lesson 16 Counting Body Parts Imitating Movement Let’s Roll “Getting Fast/Getting Slow” Lesson 17 Arms in Motion Let’s Focus Let’s Slide “Getting Louder/Getting Softer” Lesson 18 Legs in Motion Pass a Movement Let’s Skip “Common Meters” Lesson 19 Body Halves Opposition Dodging in Place “Locomotion II” “Different Strokes” Lesson 20 Left Side/Right Side Combining Nonlocomotor Skills Combining Locomotor Skills “Exploring Space” ReferencesAdditional Resources