
Physical Health & Development/Health Status & Practices participates actively in games, outdoor play, and other forms of exercise that enhance physical development. When you are finished, ask if they can do it? (Spin a top on the table, pick up 5 paper clips with a magnet, find a texture card that matches an article of clothing you are wearing).Īpproaches to Learning/Engagement & Persistence grows in ability to persist in and complete a variety of tasks and activities. Show the children how to use a piece f equipment in your science center (a spin top, a magnet and paper clips, texture match cards, etc. Literacy/Early Writing begins to represent stories and experiences trough pictures, dictation, and in play. Encourage the children to look in the mirror and do the actions.


Put the book and a mirror into the center. AND Approaches to Learning/Reasoning & Problem Solving develops increasing ability to find more that one solution to a question, task, or problem.

Language Development/Listening & Understanding understands an increasingly complex and varied vocabulary. Ask the children if they can do it and let them do the actions. After Reading the StoryĪsk the children if they can think of animals that do certain types of actions Who swims? Who flies? Who slithers? Who gallops? Etc. Make sure that they leave room between themselves so as not to bump into one another. As you read allow the children to do the actions. Language Development/Speaking & Communicating develops increasing abilities to understand and use language to communicate information, experiences, ideas, feelings, opinions, needs, questions and for other varied purposes. Ask them if they know what animal this is, what is it doing, can you do it? Tell the children that if they can do it they need to loudly say, “I can do it!” Show the children the back of the book where the boy and the flamingo are kicking their legs. Tell the children that even animals do exercise. Drinking cupps and several small pitchersĪsk the children why they think exercise is important (to make my muscles strong, so I never get fat, so my brother can’t beat me up).Wiggle( making movements from side to side).When you finish you can’t help but feel good by all things that you can do! Materials This book with big bold pictures makes it fun for children to get a little exercise while you read. Helping Your Child to become Creative so that they can help change the world.īook Play Everyday Teaching Preschoolers Through the Love of Books.

