Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- Section 1: Introducing Physical Development -- 1 Why the Need for Physical Development? -- 2 The Goodness of Physical Development in Young Children's Lives -- 3 What Physical Development Means for Children in the Early Years -- 4 The Four Themes of the EYFS and Physical Development -- 5 Physical Development and the Commitments for Themes 1 and 2 of the EYFS -- 6 The Commitments for Themes 3 and 4 and Physical Development -- 7 The Relationship between Physical Literacy and Physical Development -- 8 The Link between Physical Development and Standards -- 9 Movement Milestones -- 10 Activities and Games from the PE Store 1 -- Section 2: Exploring Movement and Space -- 11 Types of Movement -- 12 Wonderful Ways to Move -- 13 Resources to Support Movement -- 14 Excellent Environments and Super Spaces -- 15 Managing Physical and Personal Space -- 16 Moving without Equipment -- 17 Linking Songs and Movement Together -- 18 Promoting Rough-and-Tumble Play -- 19 Building Sequences of Movement -- 20 Activities and Games from the PE Store 2 -- Section 3: Investigating Healthy and Bodily Awareness -- 21 The Value of Rest -- 22 The Importance of Sleep -- 23 The Need for Water -- 24 Food, Glorious Food! -- 25 Supporting Young Children's Eating Habits -- 26 Eating and Drinking Inside and Outside -- 27 Body Hygiene -- 28 Clothing and Hygiene -- 29 Recognizing Changes to the Body during and after Physical Activity -- 30 Awareness of Cultural Differences and Considerations -- Section 4: Using Equipment and Materials -- 31 Tremendous Tools -- 32 Clever Construction Kits -- 33 Marvellously Malleable Materials -- 34 Health and Safety Considerations -- 35 Sensory Equipment and Materials -- 36 Fine Motor Madness -- 37 Left, Right or Ambidextrous?.

38 Building Muscle Strength in the Hands and Arms -- 39 Physical Activity with an International Flavour -- 40 Activities and Games from the PE Store 3 -- Section 5: Challenges for Physical Development -- 41 When Should I Open the Doors? - timetabling for physical activity -- 42 Taking the Indoors Outside and Bringing the Outside In -- 43 Quality Outdoor Play Provision -- 44 Body Warmers -- 45 Building Spaces in the Outdoor Area -- 46 Drawing Out the Movement and Dance from Creative Development -- 47 'Getting In on the Act' - practitioners and their involvement in Physical Development -- 48 Battling against the Elements - the weather, outdoor provision and Physical Development -- 49 Providing Enough Time for Movement -- 50 Setting Up and Clearing Away Resources -- Section 6: Movements: Developmental Stages -- 51 Crawling the Crawl -- 52 Walking the Walk -- 53 Running the Run -- 54 Jumping the Jump -- 55 Climbing the Climb -- 56 Balancing the Balance -- 57 Kicking the Kick -- 58 Throwing the Throw -- 59 Catching the Catch -- 60 Striking the Strike -- Section 7: Learning and Teaching in Physical Development -- 61 Various Vocabularies -- 62 Time to Cool Down -- 63 Allowing Skills to Permeate through the Planning -- 64 Providing Child-Initiated Learning Opportunities -- 65 Planning for Adult-Led Learning Activities -- 66 Quality Teaching Strategies -- 67 Encourage Learning to Take Place -- 68 Music and Sound to Support Learning and Teaching -- 69 Recommendations from the Shop Floor -- Section 8: Links with Other Areas and Aspects of Learning and Development -- 70 Making Links with PSED 1 - Dispositions and Attitudes, Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem, Making Relationships -- 71 Making Links with PSED 2 - Behaviour and Self-Control, Self-Care, Sense of Community -- 72 Making Links with CLL 1 - Language for Communication, Language for Thinking.

73 Making Links with CLL 2 - Linking Sounds and Letters, Reading, Writing and Handwriting -- 74 Making Links with PSRN 1 - Numbers as Labels and for Counting -- 75 Making Links with PSRN 2 - Calculating and Shape, Space and Measures -- 76 Making Links with KUW 1 - Designing and Making -- 77 Making Links with KUW 2 - Time and Place -- 78 Making Links with KUW - Exploration and Investigation, Communities -- 79 Making Links with CD 1 - Being Creative: Responding to Experiences, Expressing and Communicating Ideas, Developing Imagination and Imaginative Play -- 80 Making Links with CD 2 - Exploring Media and Materials, Creating Music and Dance -- Section 9: Considerations for Physical Development -- 81 Considering Gender -- 82 Considering English as an Additional Language -- 83 Considering Special Educational Needs -- 84 Considering Behaviour -- 85 Considering Getting Undressed and Dressed -- 86 Considering Talented Children -- 87 Considering Differentiation -- 88 Considering Health and Safety -- 89 Considering Assessment -- 90 Considering Celebrations of Achievement -- Section 10: Developing Physical Development -- 91 The Great Outdoors -- 92 Working with Outside Agencies -- 93 Tantalizing Topics -- 94 A-starting and A-stopping -- 95 Enriching Physical Development with ICT -- 96 Physical Development during the Holidays -- 97 Getting Parents and the Wider Family Involved in Physical Development -- 98 Raising the Profile of Physical Development -- 99 Being 'Innovatively Active' for Life -- 100 Physical Development and Life - it's time to party! -- 101 A Random Selection of Simple Games (a bonus Idea) -- References.

100 Ideas for Teaching Physical Development is the winner of a 2009 Practical Pre-School Gold Award! The book is packed with 100 inspirational ideas on teaching physical development in the Early Years, ranging from ways to provide child-initiated learning opportunities to enriching physical development with ICT. Using his wealth of experience, the author has produced a fantastic selection of ideas to enhance and facilitate learning. Practical and innovative, this book is an ideal companion for all practitioners working in an Early Years setting.

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