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Physical Development: Time to Get Physical!

Grades: PreK–K

Strickland details the benefits of physical play on child development. He suggests that teachers should make room in their daily routine for...

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Focus On Fitness: Q&A with Dr. Renna, M.D.

Grades: PreK–K

Q & A with Dr. Renna, M.D., on fitness and nutrition for infants and toddlers.

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Physical Development: Growing Stronger With Purposeful Play

Grades: PreK–K

Strickland suggests tips for parents in providing a purposeful play for their children. He cites that parents should check their preschool...

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Physical Development: Developing Motor Skills - Dramatically!

Grades: PreK–K

Strickland layers out ways on how to take advantage of one's dramatic-play center as a place to build coordination, balance, and motor control....

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Physical Development: Moving Over, Under, and Through!

Grades: PreK–K

Using boxes and blocks, children explore positional relationships and develop physical skills.

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Physical Development: Going Along for the Ride

Grades: PreK–K

Riding toys are traditionally part of every early childhood program. Here, Strickland offers some tips in setting up the riding-toy area in order...

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Articles

Focus On Fitness: Q & A With Dr. Greene

Grades: Early Childhood, PreK–K, 1–2

Greene discusses what does fitness really involve for children. Among others, he stresses that fitness need not be anything formal or structured...

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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: How Many Ways Can We Move?

Grades: PreK–K

Children will develop gross-motor, fine-motor, and creative-thinking skills as they explore the many ways they can move their bodies in this ready...

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Fun With Balls and Hoops

Grades: PreK–K

By rolling and bouncing a ball, children strengthen motor control. Here are some fun activities to encourage physical development skills.

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Lesson Plans, Book Resources

All Activities Issue - Boxes & Blocks: Tunnel Vision

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Church offers ready-to-use summer teaching ideas for mixed ages in this "All Activities" issue of Scholastic Early Childhood Today. In this...

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Focus On Fitness: Q & A With Carrie Myers Smith

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Carrie M Smith explains how to bring kids'fitness routines indoors during the winter. Includes exercise ideas and nutrition tips.

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Articles, Articles & Collections

Physical Development: Moving Toward Reading

Grades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K, 1–2

Young children are total body learners - learning with all of their beings. Skipping rope and other activities that combine strong rhythmic and...

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Physical Development: Playing Together!

Grades: PreK–K

Indoors and out, physical play is important - and fun! Some games to help toddlers and preschoolers learn these skills are suggested.

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Physical Development: Having a Ball!

Grades: PreK–K

Balls are wonderful tools to help encourage a child's physical development because children can use them in so many ways - ways that change as...

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Physical Development: The Magic of Mats

Grades: PreK–K

Mats offer safe opportunities for indoor gross-motor activities. Mat activities for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers are suggested, and safety...

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ECT Interview: How to Build Confidence Through Outdoor Play

Grades: PreK–K

For young children, outdoor play is key to healthy physical development, and in building self-confidence. In an interview, Dr Eric Strickland, an...

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Activity Plan 2-3: Obstacle-Course Olympics

Grades: PreK–K

Encourage physical development by setting up an age-appropriate challenge course where children use large-motor skills in this ready-to-use...

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Articles, Articles & Collections

Physical Development: End-of-the-Year Celebrations

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Hold a festive get-together where children, family, staff, and community members can enjoy one another and have fun outdoors in this end-of-the-...

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Physical Development: How to Create Mindful Movement

Grades: PreK–K

Eric Strickland offers ways to make physical movement meaningful, rewarding, and fun!

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Physical Development: Prop Boxes for Physical Play

Grades: PreK–K

The contents of a prop box has long been a staple of early childhood curriculum. Strickland offers several suggestions for prop boxes for infants...

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