My Notes - Early Childhood Education Diploma » Blog Archive » Principal Areas of Child Development in Movement (Physical Education)

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.

    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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