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Child Care Basics
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Physically Active Classroom
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Physically Active Classroom
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Having age appropriate activities for them
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Playing songs and encouraging the kids to dance and sing along.
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Incorporating songs and dancing into daily routines and activities. Use big hand gestures or sign language that children can mimic when reading or talking with them. Include them in tasks that require movement (moving things onto the table for lunch time, putting toys back into their basket then baskets back on a shelf, etc.)
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Dances, obstacle courses in the classroom, movement activities, yoga, stretching, ask them to act like an animal and walk like that animal or crawl.
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In childcare center we start the morning after breakfast with circle time where we sing a song for each child with their name inserted into the song and the children jump around. Usually most children are very happy to get up and jump. There are some that don’t want to jump and we just sing to them anyway without them jumping. We don’t require the children to jump if they don’t want to.
I think it is so great we do it because it gives each child a few seconds of spotlight in front of other peers.
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Make sure that outside time is prioritized and that it happens rain or shine. Beyond playground equipment, offer balls and mobile household objects that allow the children to be creative and use their imagination outside.
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Offer fun activities, ensure a safe environment and encouraging movement throughout the day.
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Creating physically active games
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Una de las formas de hacer un ambiente divertido para los niños es cantando canciones con ellos y bailando al mismo tiempo, hacer actividades fuera del salón de clases cómo la jardinería es muy divertido para ellos también les encanta plantar semillas y regarlas con agua y eso les crea una pequeña responsabilidad y les encanta estar pendiente del crecimiento de su planta, también organizar pequeñas actividades donde los niños se disfrazan y juegan imitando les gusta, otra sugerencia divertida sería hacer actividades de yoga y ejercicios de stretching apropiados para su edad.
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Some of the ways to create a exciting, age appropriate and physically active classroom are to have jobs/activities in which they have to get multiple pieces in multiple trips. When they are doing a job that has several pieces to it, instead of them trying to carry everything at once and risking the chance of it all falling teaching them to take multiple trips to get all their supplies as it teaches patience and time management. other options is to have daily active stretching or physical exercises together to help get the body moving and clear the overwhelmed mind and lift the energy the class can do this all together when gathered at circle or in between transitions. Another option is to incorporate dance parties where the kids get to move and have fun.
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Incorporate movement and physical activity into academic lessons, for example: use body movements to learn letters or numbers.
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Some tips to create a developmentally appropriate, fun, and physically active classroom are to incorporate fun games into routines, to dance, and move along to songs that involve movement and do it together with the children.
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It is always important to greet the children when they arrive.
