1. Understanding Children’s and Readiness for Physical Activity
Chapter 2

2. Children’s shared needs:
Movement
Success and approval
Peer acceptance and approval
Cooperate and compete

3. Children’s shared needs:
Physical competency
Adventure and novelty
Creative satisfaction
Rhythmic expression
To know

4. Motor Skills Skill that requires the effective use of skeletal muscles
Generally developed in childhood and expanded to more complex skills as one moves throughout the lifespan

5. Motor Skill Development
Fine motor skills – hands, hand-eye coordination
Gross motor skills - large muscles of the body

6. Physical Development K-2 3-6
Fine motor skills are low=avoid throwing, catching small fast objects
20-30 seconds of activity
Students like to move to rhythm and
3-6
Become interested in sports
Hand-eye coordination is developing – use soft objects

7. Cognitive Development
K-2
Can understand simple directions and rules
Get off task easily so change activities
Allow students show creativity
3-6
Attention span increase so can add more steps/rules to activity
Need specific rules to follow
Like to work in small groups

8. Social Development K-2 3-6 Boys and girls have similar interests
Want to please the teacher
Want others to know they can do the activity
3-6
Want to do movement well
Don’t want to lose

9. Gender Considerations
Boys and girls have similar amounts of bone and muscle mass through early primary grades
At preadolescence, boys and girls begin to experience physical differences

10. Cognitive Implications
4-7 year olds can focus only on one aspect of a skill at a time
Most successful at low complexity skills
7-11 year olds develop ability to problem solve

11. Affective Implications
Play is important to children
Has an influence on self-esteem
If children believe they can do the skill, they are more likely to participate

12. Practice Progressions
Developmental Readiness – Having attained the age, fitness, and skill levels required to perform a particular activity
Partner
Individual Exploration
Large-group Cooperative Activity
Small-sized Group Activity