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Michigan City Area Schools: Body Awareness
In the early school years (preschool & kindergarten) children are still learning about their bodies and where they are in space. This handout offers activity ideas that focus on body awareness that can help promote a child's skills...
Scientific American
Scientific American: You Snooze, You Win
This article, published by Scientific American (July 3, 2002), highlights new research which indicates that morning sleep and afternoon naps aid mental and physical learning.
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Bright Hub Education: Improving Spatial Awareness in Toddlers
Parents and teachers can help young children develop spatial ability by using the following spatial toddler activities with their youngsters or students.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Take a Trip: A Journey Through Familiar Places
Using the computer mouse, children carefully move a car through a map of a town while trying to avoid going off of the path. They pass different landmarks and are introduced to them one at a time. The activity provides good hand-eye...
PE Central
Pe Central: Getting Started With Traveling
Pupils practice locomotor skills: walking, marching, galloping, skipping, and "basic traveling skills" during this fun aerobic gym class activity.
Chateau Meddybemps
Spinner's Writing Guide
Watch Spinner the Spider draw the letters of the alphabet, both upper and lower case.
PE Central
Pe Central: Follow the Leader
Children take turns being the "leader" and leading their partners through a series of locomotor movements. Includes safety tips, ideas for varying the activity, and other suggestions.
PE Central
Pe Central: Pe Lesson Ideas: Over, Under, Around, and Through
Through this activity, students "explore a variety of traveling skills" and "understand the concepts of moving over, under, around, and through objects." Set up an obstacle course of props, tunnels, chairs, and other objects in the gym...
A to Z Teacher Stuff
A to Z Teacher Stuff: Beginning Handwriting (Activity)
This is a handwriting activity for first graders. The students learn the importance of their name and learn to properly write their name in a fun activity.
Starfall
Starfall: It's Fun to Read: Tongue Twisters
These four tongue twisting stories can be read or listened to.
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