Lets Get Physical

There has been a lot of physical activity happening at KIDSPACE with lots of climbing, balancing and jumping from great heights. Today, many of the children took responsibility for setting up the outside equipment, instructing me where to place the planks as well as arranging some of the structures themselves. I was impressed at their ability to turn take when waiting to walk the plank and jump from the big boxes on to the mats. Charlie then demonstrated the art of jumping on to the mat, performing a forward roll, then landing on his feet. Well, everyone was most impressed, and very soon there were lots of forward rolls being performed.
These children are developing increasing control over their bodies, including development of locomotor skills, increasing agility, co-ordination, and balance as well as responsive and reciprocal skills, such as turn-taking. All this learning happening and you get to have fun as well.
Monica