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Tags 0-3 years, 3-5 years, 5-12 years, APST: 4, Courses, Early childhood, EYLF, Family day care, Long day care, MTOP, Outside school hours care, QA1, QA2, QA3
Categories Pedagogy and curriculum
Presenter
Carla McFadden
Carla McFadden is a physiotherapist with a background in paediatrics and elite sport through her work with young athletes at the NSW Institute of Sport. Recognising the increasing lack of fundamental movement skills in her patients, including high-level athletes, Carla and her husband, a world champion ice hockey player and coach, set about creating supportive... Read MoreDescription
This course explores why movement is so important in everyday life from birth and throughout childhood. Movement provides many benefits for children’s health, wellbeing and development. The course will focus on specific benefits and how educators can make movement fun. Practical examples and strategies will be provided to develop educators’ understanding of how meaningful movement can be incorporated into the learning environment for all children.
The learning outcomes for the course are:
- discover meaningful movement for each age group (birth to five years)
- explore ways to be inclusive and offer opportunities for all children to engage in meaningful movement learning experiences
- identify strategies that can be used and implemented to embed meaningful movement as part of every day
- consider the benefit of repetition and movement for children’s development.
Recommended for: This course is suitable for early childhood education and care professionals at all stages of their careers.
Duration: 1 hour
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