Physical Domain
Children automatically acquire some motoskills when their bodies develop e.g crawling but the children continue to develop the motor skills to refine their movement.
The advantages of movement:
- Promote positive self confidence
- Benefit the child socially, emotionally and physically
- Promote fitness
Movement activities must take place in both classroom and playground. They must be low-intensity but high volume(long duration).
Sample activities: Rabbit & ‘Roo, marching with the beat, Giddy-up
Social/Emotional Domain
- Social play, the ability of the children to interact with others.
- Emotional development, how children feel about others or things (empathy)
- Enable the children to adjust socially and emotionally
How?
Incorporate activities specifically emphasizing cooperation.
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Learn about tolerance of other’s ideas
Learn to accept similarities and differences
Balance between child-centered and teacher-centered activity
Have creative, problem-solving approach
Sample activities: poems/songs about animals(Old McDonald has a Farm), nature activities(weather), occupation(pantomime)
Cognitive Domain
Read: 10%
Hear: 20%
See: 30%
Hear+See: 50%
Hear+See+Say: 70%
Hear+See+Say+Do: 90%
Children must play, experience, explore and discover. The 4 important modalities are:
- Auditory(Hear)
- Sight(See)
- Tactile(Touch)
- Kinesthetics(Doing & Moving)
Sample activities (more suitable for older group): up and down activities, Bridge+Tunnels, Body Parts

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