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Early Childhood EducatorsEarly Childhood Educators
Early Childhood Educators have the opportunity to provide environments that enable children to experience many different movement and sport skills. Active movement experiences can contribute to a healthy lifestyle for children. At Harbour Sport we believe that for children to enjoy lifelong participation in sport and recreation they need to develop and practice fundamental movement skills, the “building blocks” of Sport and Recreation.
Fundamental movement skills Active movement defines four fundamental movement skills – These are the building blocks for more complicated movements such as those required for playing sports, gymnastics, dancing etc. Locomotor - Is moving from one location to another. This can include running, hopping, jumping and crawling, dodging & skipping. Manipulative skills - include catching, throwing, kicking and hitting an object. These are the skills we need for moving balls and objects around on the sports field/court. Stability skills - enable us to balance whilst moving or staying still, this set of skills also includes landing, rolling, rotation and spinning Movement and body awareness - is the understanding of “what my body is like and how I move with it RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS
Possess the Active Movement image
Seeing the child as a unique, confident and competent active mover will ensure the setting and experiences that are co-created will reflect this.
Provide the Active Movement context
Positive experiences that underpin the social and cultural influencers of children, family, whanau and community will be more relevant, empowering, inclusive and meaningful.
Value and plan for Active Movement
Having Active Movement domain knowledge and being committed to implementing Active Movement will ensure the setting is one where children are encouraged to value, care for and respect themselves and each other, are affirmed as individuals, and have opportunities to contribute. When staff are in tune with where children are at, the teachable moments will be captured.
“Playful” and active role models
Successful acquisition of fundamental movement skills is dependent upon the involvement of the positive and knowledgeable active educator. Learning is fostered through responsive and reciprocal relationships between teacher and child.
Recognise the holistic learning in Active movement
What outwardly appears to be a physical experience for children is actually interwoven with cognitive, social, cultural, emotional and spiritual dimensions of learning and growing.
Promote the use of te reo Maori, the arts and tikanga
Encourage the use of te reo Maori in Active Movement experiences. For example, translate familiar words, instruction and directions. Explore and experience the arts and associated equipment. For example – poi, rakau, waiata and haka movements and understand the sacredness of these.
Involving the family, whanau and community in Active Movement
Cultivate the sense of unity and identity between family and whanau through moving and learning together. Share Knowledge of the games and activities of the diverse cultures in the centre.
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