Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-128).
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Benefits of Moving & Learning -- Benefits to Children with Special Needs -- Meeting Standards -- Implementing the Program -- Toddlers: Developmental Considerations -- Lesson 1 -- Heads, Bellies, Toes -- Let's Stretch -- Let's Walk -- Exploring Up and Down -- Lesson 2 -- Show Me -- Let's Bend -- Let's Run -- Exploring Straight and Round -- Lesson 3 -- Flexing/Pointing Feet -- Let's Shake -- Let's Jump -- Shapes in Motion -- Lesson 4 -- Where Is Thumbkin? -- Let's Sway -- Tiny Steps/Giant Steps -- Up and Down Make-Believe -- Lesson 5 -- Open and Close -- Let's Turn -- Let's Gallop -- Pop Goes the Weasel -- Lesson 6 -- The Wash Song -- Bending and Stretching -- Let's Creep -- Moving Slow/Moving Fast -- Lesson 7 -- See My Hands -- Let's Strike -- Let's Roll -- The Bumblebee -- Lesson 8 -- See My Feet -- Let's Push and Pull -- Marching Band -- Moving Backward -- Lesson 9 -- See My Face -- The Tightrope -- Follow the Leader -- Contents note continued: Marching Slow/Marching Fast -- Lesson 10 -- Mirror Game -- Let's Lift -- Moving Like the Animals -- Slow-Motion Moving -- Lesson 11 -- Simon Says -- Let's Balance -- Let's Tiptoe -- The Tiptoe Song -- Lesson 12 -- The Body Song -- Shake, Wiggle, and Vibrate -- Let's Jump Again -- Moving Softly/Moving Loudly -- Lesson 13 -- Body-Part Balance -- High and Low -- Let's Crawl -- Robots and Astronauts -- Lesson 14 -- Traveling Body Parts -- In My Space -- Follow the Leader -- Common Meters.
Summary:
"Movement activities can help toddlers channel their energy in creative and beneficial ways as they learn healthy habits. This physical education curriculum includes a variety of lesson plans and activities that support toddlers' movement in developmentally appropriate ways"-- Provided by publisher.
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