children’s physical activity and movement skills 1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children Physical activity is very important to short and long term health and well being of children. In short term physical activity it helps the children to build up their muscles‚ develop their skeletal frame and develops the heart and function‚ it also helps to prevent obesity in children. If children get enough physical activity during the day
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Physical Activity in the Workforce In 2008 the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans‚ a comprehensive resource that provides guidance on the importance of being physically active. Relevant to policy makers‚ physical educators‚ health professionals‚ and the public‚ the Physical Activity Guidelines present information about the value of physical activity and the health benefits that can be gained through regular physical activity. The
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The production of the activity the giant ‘KerPlunk’ successfully achieved the task of exploring sociocultural influences‚ specifically activities that could encourage outdoor play. This was achieved through developing the activity for kindergarten children that focused on social skills and fine motor skills. (E1) The design of the product promoted the kindergarten students to develop their social skills‚ fine motor skills and numeracy skills. This was observed as the students had to learn to take
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Evaluation of learning activities helps us to know the strength and weakness of the activities. It helps to understand how well the children have understood the task. It helps us to know whether they have achieved the learning outcome of that particular activity. As stated earlier‚ it is important for the children to feel involved and challenged during the activity. If we feel that they are able to finish the activity very quickly or were feeling bored‚ then it is necessary to make it more engaging
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1. Be able to contribute to planning learning activities. 1.1 Explain how a learning support practitioner may contribute to the planning‚ delivery and review of learning activities. A learning support practitioner or teaching assistant could contribute to the planning of an activity simply by an informal discussion with the teacher about what weekly and daily activities will be taking place. This form of planning is known as short term and would be the most likely that a teaching assistant
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and help children realize their talents. Here are explanations for the reasons I gave. First‚ after-school activities can keep kids safe when their parents aren’t home‚ and there’s no one to watch them. Kids sometimes go outside and play without anyone supervising them. Then they can get kidnapped‚ and their parents wouldn’t even know until after they got home. But‚ if there were after-school activities‚ then kids would be much safer in the school‚ doing activities with other children around them
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Creative Spark Talk Analysis Mario L. Gabriel PHL/458 Creative Minds and Critical Thinking April 8‚ 2015 Dr. Charles Flowers Creative Spark Talk Sir Ken Robinson is an educator‚ respected author and leading advocator for changes to the educational system. A Professor believes that the education system needs to be more creative and stop preventing creativity. Sir Robinson speech on “How Schools Kill Creativity”; given on February 2006; at TED conference in Monterey California. It focuses
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Psychosocial Dispositions of Musicians: A Developmental Study of Creativity Durgesh K. Upadhyay Abstract The objective of this study was to ascertain those psychological and social dispositions that are conducive to the development of a person as a creative musician. Narrative methodology was used in this study. Research participants consisted of the musicians belonging to Indian system of music known as Hindustani (North Indian) music. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with seven participants
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The developmental process consists of many degrees of intelligence ranging from mental retardation to the extremely gifted and creative individuals. To examine the gifted individual more closely‚ an interview was conducted with a woman named Deloris Tamers regarding her daughter Olivia Tamers. Olivia tamers IQ score revealed that she has an IQ of 145. Gifted and creative individuals have their own distinctive features and characteristics. Santrock (2007)‚ describes gifted individuals as developing
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summarise your understanding of the nature and value of play‚ creativity and creative practice in school with reference to the module materials. Describe briefly the audio-visual sequence and activities you will be discussing. 2 The importance of play in learning (about 1000 words) Answer the following questions by discussing either your own chosen activity from school or your chosen audio-visual sequence: What does playful activity bring to the curriculum and to school life more widely? In what ways
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