Every Child a Mover! Every Child a Talker! Early Years & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Every Child a Mover! Every Child a Talker! Early Years & Childcare Service Being Active.... Why is this important? Children's physical development is important for their all round social, emotional development and well-being

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Every Child a Mover! Every Child a Talker!

Early Years & Childcare Service

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Being Active.... Why is this important?

Children's physical

development is important for their all round social, emotional development and well-being

Through physical play

children not only develop their gross and fine motor skills, but physical play promotes brain development in other areas such as planning and prediction, cause and effect etc

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The importance of being physical

Children of pre-school age who are capable of walking unaided should be physically active daily for at least 3 hours, spread throughout the day. (Department of Health) Regular physical activity develops healthy bodies AND

healthy minds

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Young children need lots of time to practice this…..

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…… before they can do this

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Language Development Pyramid

Expressive Language Understanding

Play & Interaction

Attention & Listening

Speech

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Top tips for talking

Get down to the child’s level and give eye contact
Actively listen and follow the child’s interests
Speak clearly and leave time to respond
Ask fewer questions; use more comments
Repeat back and add 1 more word
Be playful with language and sounds
Sing songs and nursery rhymes