50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active

Description

The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. 50 Fantastic Ideas for Getting Children Active is filled with simple and accessible ideas to make physical activity an enjoyable and meaningful part of daily life in the Early Years. Young children's physical and mental development, health and wellbeing can be significantly improved by regular physical activity, from tummy time that informs crawling to walking, and sitting still that impacts on fluent handwriting. Dr Lala Manners uses her wealth of experience to present 50 ideas to engage with young children physically in a positive way and get them active, from Scrabble and Stand where toddlers lift themselves up to standing as quickly as possible to Duvet Tunnels where children commando crawl under a sheet. Many of the ideas in this book can be used both indoors and outdoors and all of them involve using easily-accessible or free-to-source materials that can be found at home and in Early Years settings.

Dr Lala Manners has enjoyed a long and varied career in the field of Early Years physical development and movement studies, as practitioner, researcher, educator, author and trainer. She has designed and delivered a range of CACHE-accredited courses for physical development in the Early Years. Lala led the UKActive EY advisory group and is a member of the All-Party Parliamentary 'Fit and Heathy Childhood' Group. She has also advised Ofsted on the physical development component of the Early Years Education Inspection Framework and is a frequent contributor to Nursery World. Lala is the founder of www.activematters.org: a learning hub for parents and practitioners. She was also instrumental in creating the Open University course 'Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood.' Series Editor Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a leading educational consultant specialising in the education of children in the Early Years. Before taking up consultancy full-time, Alistair was head teacher of a very successful three-form entry infant school and Early Years Unit for 10 years. Alongside his headship he worked an EYFS consultant working with a diverse range of settings to help them to enhance their EYFS practice. Alistair is now the proud owner of ABC Does (abcdoes.com). Alistair's bestselling books include Best Practice in the Early Years, Continuous Provision, Continuous Provision: The Skills, Getting Ready to Write, From Vacant to Engaged.

Lots of concrete and fun activities. Very easy to do with minimum organization and no expensive equipment. -- Professor Jyrki Reunamo * Faculty of Education, University of Helsinki *