[katrina mcivan]

learn things about the kids and parents, you want to create a welcoming environment, while having a good bond with the families.

[Kelly Ann]

The kids loooooooveee fun songs

[Dawnette]

Songs that involve movement and some structured dancing. Kids like to be involved, whether it’s helping or just doing random things. Let’s say it is clean-up time. We would sing the clean-up song, and I would have them dance and sing while we put toys away. When its time to form a line to go outside, I could always have them dance their way into a single file line. Just adding singing and dancing to the littlest thing helps.

[Callie Houghton]

Do you have any tips for creating a developmentally appropriate, fun, and physically active classroom?

• Plan both structured and unstructured large motor activities.
• Brain breaks in the classroom.
• Indoor and outdoor play.
• Implement large motor activities into instruction.

[Kathy]

You could start by making sure their classroom has enough space for kids to move around freely. It is also good to incorporate active play materials that are age appropriate such as balls, hula hoops, balance beams, tunnels, and climbing structures. It is also fun if you plan active breaks with the students that provide movement between lessons or more structured activities.

[Samantha]

Greeting children at the door, establish the rules first, rewarding positive behavior, practicing procedures

[isabella bates]

Following all regulations I would make the room as welcoming as possible to help encourage kids to stimulate there brain and explore new things!

[Kira]

Lots of creative movement activities threaded throughout the day. Multiple outdoor playtimes. Ability to freely roam our indoor space during free play time.

[Tyler Becker]

Any class can become an outdoor class if the weather is nice enough and your outdoor space is equipped appropriately. Encorporating movement and activity into what would otherwise be a sit-down lesson makes things more interesting and fun too.

[chrissy]

Including children in song and dance. letting each kid give instructions on what they all should do during the dance. Having kids get their wiggles out randomly, throughout the day is fun, just pausing where you are and giving your body a little shake or wiggle.

[Emily]

Greeting them as they come in, have activities that the children will love, be happy and excited while the children come in so that they will feel excited as well

[Briana A]

We do a lot of music and motion with dancing, jumping, cheering for one another with a you did it dance! I also try to make the outdoor play environment very involved by asking questions about games, joining when requested, providing new game ideas when requested. Keeping our playground materials safe and available for all students.

[Tess Swigart]

Creating songs and specific key words or cues for the students to remember is a great idea!

[Claudia Cárdenas]

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[Batool]

There are children’s songs that involve jumping and when we used to do it when I was little, a lot of the kids are very much involved with the dancing and got a lot of laughter from it. In the mornings, have time to play some relaxing music and show them easy and developmentally appropriate stretching exercises.There are children’s songs that involve jumping and when we used to do it when I was little, a lot of the kids are very much involved with the dancing and got a lot of laughter from it. In the mornings, have time to play some relaxing music and show them easy and developmentally appropriate stretching exercises.