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Learning through Movement and Active Play in the Early Years: A Practical Resource for Professionals and Teachers
Tania Swift
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Description for Learning through Movement and Active Play in the Early Years: A Practical Resource for Professionals and Teachers
Paperback. Written in an accessible and practical style, this book explains the importance of physical activity for promoting young children's cognitive learning, wellbeing and physical development and sets out tips and examples for incorporating physical activity into a curriculum. It is ideal for teachers and practitioners working with children aged 3 - 7. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 b&w. BIC Classification: JNLA; JNLB; JNU; YQW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
In this practical resource, Tania Swift provides early years professionals and teachers with advice and tips on incorporating physical activities into all key areas of children's learning. Advancing a movement skills based approach to help teachers deliver learning flexibly, the book identifies how getting children active contributes to their wellbeing and development and improves personal and social skills as well as their cognitive learning. The book is divided into chapters that explore personal, social and emotional development; mathematics and numeracy; literacy, language and communication; knowledge and understanding of the world; expressive arts, design and creative development; ... Read more
In this practical resource, Tania Swift provides early years professionals and teachers with advice and tips on incorporating physical activities into all key areas of children's learning. Advancing a movement skills based approach to help teachers deliver learning flexibly, the book identifies how getting children active contributes to their wellbeing and development and improves personal and social skills as well as their cognitive learning. The book is divided into chapters that explore personal, social and emotional development; mathematics and numeracy; literacy, language and communication; knowledge and understanding of the world; expressive arts, design and creative development; ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785920851
SKU
V9781785920851
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Tania Swift
Tania Swift is the founder of BInspired, a training company for practitioners delivering physical activity to children. She has 15 years' experience training and supporting practitioners in early years physical development, health education and outdoor education during which time she set up and ran a Children's Centre and been commissioned to develop multiple training packages for local authorities and NHS ... Read more
Reviews for Learning through Movement and Active Play in the Early Years: A Practical Resource for Professionals and Teachers
This book is a call for embodied learning. Young children must use their bodies to learn well, and weaving physical activity and active play into everyday experience across all elements of the curriculum to harness their great love of movement and action will reap great rewards for learners and teachers alike.
Jan White, Consultant for Outdoor Provision and ... Read more
Jan White, Consultant for Outdoor Provision and ... Read more