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New Mexico Preschool Child
This month’s issue focuses on physical development, health and well-being domain
of the New Mexico Early Learning Guidelines / Issue No. 15 December 2017
Moving Bodies, Building Minds: Foster Preschoolers’ Critical Thinking and Problem Solving Through Movement
http://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201109/Moving%20Bodies_Russo_Marigliano_Online_0911.pdf
This article explains how critical thinking and problem-solving skills can be developed in preschoolers through movement. It also offers strategies for executing these movement activities and considerations for children with special needs and connecting with families.
Connections Between Movement and Learning
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2015/03/26/why-kids-need-to-move-touch-and-experience-to-learn/
When children use their bodies in the learning process, it can have a big effect, even if it seems silly or unconnected to the learning goal at hand. For example, this resource shares how researchers have found that when students use their bodies while doing mathematical storytelling, it changes the way they think about math. “We understand language in a richer, fuller way if we can connect it to the actions we perform,” saidSian Beilock, professor of psychology at the University of Chicago.
Pathways Awareness Foundation Motor Development Videos https://www.youtube.com/user/PathwaysAwareness/videos
If you’re looking for excellent video footage that shows what development looks like for children who are typically developing and those who aren’t, these are a great instructional resource. Print information accompanies each video and all are available in English and Spanish.
Making Health Easier: Healthy Changes Start in Preschool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhoTY0FrG3c
This video shows how a preschool teacher, Claudia Mendoza, makes a difference on child obesity in her classroom by teaching her young students about healthy food and physical activity. Additional resources are provided on the web page.
Teach Children Music - Skipping a Beat & Developing Gross Motor Skills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QxM9iarlTQ
This clip show children learning to distinguish beat and rhythm, and to skip a beat, capabilities that will help with the development of their language, literacy, and gross motor skills.
What is Happening to Fine Motor Development?
http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/2016/fine-motor-skills
This article is a call to action for educators and parents to use time-tested play materials — blocks, play dough, stringing beads, and crayons — to prepare children for success in preschool and beyond.
Full Participation is a one-way resource listserv that is distributed monthly. Each issue features resources to support the learning and development of preschool age children, with emphasis on four dimensions of full participation: 1) family engagement; 2) inclusive practices for children with developmental delays and disabilities; 3) culture and language, including support of dual language learners; and 4) promoting social relationships. All resources are readily available and free. All or part of Full Participation may be freely shared or reproduced. Previous issues of Full Participation are posted at http://fpg.unc.edu/presentations/full-participation Highlighted resources are available in English and Spanish.
Full Participation is compiled by Camille Catlett. Staff and contractual support are provided by the UNM Center for Disability and Development, supported by funds from the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge grant.