Physical Development

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Creating playgrounds that stand the test of time

Inclusion
Loose parts help children to navigate their movements.
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Outdoors: STEM – helping children to develop spatial reasoning

Activities
Object choice depends on the child's manipulative abilities PHOTO Adobe Stock
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Pikler approach to physical development: ‘Less is more’

Practice
At Ore Church Mice Pre-School in Hastings, practitioners observe what motivates children’s physical engagements
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Physical Development, part 6: Taking a holistic approach to effective assessment

Physical Development
At Ore Church Mice Preschool, children use sticks to tap out rhythms and use items such as cable reels for rolling to each other
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Physical Development, part 5: How to develop a sense of timing

Practice
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Physical Development part 4: Have fun developing agility and hand-to-eye coordination

Practice
Supporting free movement comes from having a deep knowledge of each child, based on closely observing them.
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Pikler approach to free movement: Role of the 'care giving adult'

Activities
Physical play and activities should happen inside as well as outdoors
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Physical Development p3: Building strength and stamina

Practice
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Outdoors: Stem – experimenting with friction

Practice
Ore Church Mice Pre-School PHOTOS Terri Pengilley
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Physical Development: Strategies to develop co-ordination and balance

Practice
'In the EYFS, physical development is limited to motor skills despite its impact on cognitive and emotional development' PHOTO Terri Pengilley, Ore Church Mice Pre School, Hastings
Features

Physical development: Strategies to deliver the best range of experiences for young children

Practice
Sport England’s latest Active Lives Children and Young People survey shows activity levels remain stagnant among children, PHOTO: Sport England
News

Almost 4 million children not physically active for at least an hour a day – survey

Physical Development
Children are often attracted to enclosed spaces, both indoors and outside
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All about… small spaces

Practice
PHOTO: Adobe Stock
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Nursery World's Physical Development in the Early Years conference – report

Physical Development
Being physically active is a recipe for happiness.
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Health & Wellbeing: Tuning in to what makes children happy

Practice
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Make the outdoors a place of 'irresistible temptations'

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