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iTechMos: Integrating Technology for Motor Skills Development

The importance of preschool children’s learning….. indoors to

• utdoors….outdoors to indoors…

Pr Presen senters ters

❖ Ms. Madhavi Tiwari alias Debbie: KLC II ❖ Ms. Christina Pardiwalla: Skool4kidz ❖ Ms. Nurul Basyi’rah Binte Rapi’ee : Skool4kidz

Our Focus………..

Developing the Child Holistically:

• Children’s Learning and Development
• Integrating Technology
• Documentation & Assessment of Learning

(Focusing on Motor Skills Development)

Motor Skills Development: Indoors to Outdoors… Outdoors to Indoors

Introduction

• Physical health is crucial to the development of young

children.

• Children are intrinsically motivated to move and play.
• They develop their knowledge and skills of movement by

means of varied Motor Skills activities that are intentionally planned by the preschool educators.

• These activities enhance various skills of controlling,

coordinating, cutting, threading, walking, bending, throwing, catching or skills like scooping, pouring, filling, stacking, dressing up etc.

Relationship with the Environment

Introduction

• Regular involvement in movement activities and

sports promote physical fitness and growth; lays the foundation for a stronger and healthier body (Fun start Move Smart, 2010).

• It also promotes spatial perception, a cognitive

ability on the awareness of one’s relationship with the environment.

Introduction

• Based on Froebel and Rousseau’s findings
• utdoor play has been a feature of early

years education for centuries, influencing the unique contribution of the natural environment as an important resource and context within which children learn through their sensory interactions with the physical world (Little, Elliot & Wyver, 2017).

Outdoor Play In Children’s Lives Today

• A number of social and environmental factors

are impacting on children’s lives and behavior today, ranging from mobility to urban planning and design, and increasingly indoor-focused attractions (Little, Elliot & Wyver, 2017).

Outdoor Play In Children’s Lives Today

• There has been historical tradition of valuing
• utdoor learning environments is reflected in the

early yearly years curriculum documents of many countries like Australia, New Zealand, Norway and Scotland(Little, Elliot & Wyver, 2017).

• Teachers are encouraged to utilise natural
• utdoor environments to integrate learning

across the curriculum.

Outdoor Play In Children’s Lives Today

• Outdoor play should not be solely metaphorical

representation of motor skills development only but also should integrate Humanities, Social Sciences, Geography, Science; together with cross-curriculum priorities (Little, Elliot & Wyver, 2017).

Changing Times…Changing Needs

• Outdoor Learning brings many benefits for young children

such as stress relieve, moods improvement, concentration and engagement in learning.

• Today, children have access to an extensive range of

technologies and observe others using technology as an everyday resource (Nikolopoulou & Gialamas, 2015).

Changing Times…Changing Needs

• Educators should therefore plan their curriculum to foster

children’s emerging development as digital citizens, supporting their holistic development with the appropriate use of technology (NAEYC & FRC, 2012).

What We Aim?

• Todays’ session aims to focus on the integration of

learning, motor skills and technology from indoor to

• utdoor; outdoor to indoor and extending to other

learning area/s.

• It uses Technology as one of the means to observe

children and record their play-motor skills in the

• utdoor environment.

What We Aim?

• The workshop is a collaboration of KLCII and

Skool4Kidz on the presentation of the integration of technology to plan, implement, guide, observe and record the motor skills development of children.

Play: Motor Skills in the Outdoor Environment…..

Theoretical Perspective

• Based on Gesell’s Maturational Theory,

maturation follows an inherited timetable, in which abilities and skills emerge in a preordained sequence.

Theoretical Perspective

• Bloom’s Taxanomy emphasises on

understanding the psychomotor domains that can help educators identify the individual child’s level of learning; enabling educators to plan activity that matches the child’s motor skills based on NEL guidelines as well as to extend it into other learning areas.

Learning Outcomes

• the importance and role of play in motor skills

development;

• integrating technology as a tool for observation and

recording children’s motor skills development;

• the appropriate use of technology in outdoor

environment to direct children on various types of movements and actions; and

• the strategies of extending the MSD activities in other

learning areas like Numeracy or Language and Literacy development with stories.

Actions can be broken down into 3 parts

(Laban, 1942)

Observing Movement Preparation The Action The Recovery

Promoting Physical Development Through Movement & Physical Activity

Curriculum, Environment & Resources for Physical Activity

Arranging the environmental space to promote physical activity Providing resources including portable and/or fixed equipment Gross motor skills Body movement to support fine motor skills

Pedagogy for Physical Development

Staff engaging in movement with children indoors and

• utdoors

Observation & assessment of children’s physical development Planning for physical development indoors and outdoors

Supporting Physical Activity & Critical Thinking

Supporting & extending children’s movement vocabulary Encouraging sustained shared thinking by communicating & interacting through physical activity Supporting children’s curiosity & problem solving

Extending Children’s Movement Into Other Areas of Learning

Numeracy

• Playing Hopscotch
• Counting gardening

Tools

• Throwing bean bags

into a hoop and counting

Science

• Recording the time

taken to normalise the heart rate after physical activity

• Planting & harvesting

herbs/vegetables

• Nature walks

Literacy

• Have children

suggest movements associated with particular characters

Role of the Educator Plan for & Participate In Draw on Family & Community Experiences Provide a Wide Range

• f Tools &

Materials Provide a Range of Active & Restful Experiences

Utilising Community Resources, Parks Nature Reserves for Outdoor Learning

Place-based education: using the local community and environment to learn numeracy, language/literacy , science or social studies Emphasizes hands-on, real world learning experiences Visiting local businesses and community facilities (library; café; super market etc.) Community events and projects Creates a heightened and commitment to serving as active, contributing citizens

Local playground and natural park settings

Current Practices @ Skool4Kidz

**video of MSD activity involving use of STOPMO**

The Trigger!

Project: Super Market

Getting staff buy-in!!!

We are not saying ‘good bye’ to our classrooms; we are opening them up.

• Ms. Nurul’s message to her staff…

Outdoor learning should be an integral part of any curriculum that is designed for children. It is not simply taking what can be learned inside the classroom,

• utside; there is much more to it.

Technology should be used as a tool as and when practicable.

The Actual Trip

Video: A Visit to The Supermarket

Child Talk

Children’s Voices…..

Teacher’s Reflection

Video: Reflection

Can we integrate this project with other learning areas?

Integration with DOW…

Our classroom The Coffeeshop

Integration with ACE & MSD

Integration with L&L…

Integration with SED…

Tech tools used…

• iPad camera function
• iPad video function
• STOP-MO app
• Pages app

Final documentation using Pages and Stop Mo! Refer to iPad placed on your table.

Your task!

Task 1 Use the playdough provided to capture a short video of shaping one volunteer’s initials. Task 2 Use STOP-MOTION to capture one volunteer spelling his/ her name, using post-its (one post-it per letter) Task 3 Insert the video & the STOP-MOTION into Pages! * *The app Pages is already inside the iPad.