Learning to Move

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LEARNING TO MOVE Supporting the Physical Development of Infants through an Integrated Curriculum

by Laura Nadeau


Part One PLANNING


KWL QUESTIONS • If they are pre-verbal, how can they tell us

what they know?

• Do infants understand what it means to

want to know about something? • How can we determine if they learned

anything?


THE ANSWERS CAN BE FOUND IN MANY WAYS OBSERVATIONS NOTES CONVERSATIONS GUIDELINES PARENT CONFERENCES TRUSTING AND CARING RELATIONSHIP DEVELOPMENTAL PROFILES REFLECTIONS JOURNALS PHOTOGRAPHS


ORGANIZING MY INFORMATION Do I understand the areas, goals, objectives, and steps of the Creative Curriculum? Created a personalized chart for myself

How do the Creative Curriculum goals align with the Ohio Guidelines for Infant and Toddler Development? Comparison chart available on line at www.creativecurriculum.com


PHOTOGRAPHS I have thousands of classroom photos stored online at flickr.com. More photos on flash drives and hard drives! It took several days going through the photos and sorting them into content areas that are used in elementary schools.


MAKING THE CONNECTION the infants participated in each subject area, they were able to practice gross motor and fine motor movements

INFANTS CAN LEARN TO MOVE THROUGH AN INTEGRATED CURRICULUM


Part Two EXAMPLES


ART FINE MOTOR LITERACY HOW TO USE AN OBJECT


MUSIC GROSS MOTOR FINE MOTOR HOW TO USE AN INSTRUMENT


LANGUAGE GROSS MOTOR FINE MOTOR SELF HELP UNDERSTANDING THE WORLD , AROUND US


SCIENCE & NATURE GROSS MOTOR MATH


LITERACY

GROSS MOTOR and FINE MOTOR


MATH FINE MOTOR, HAND-EYE COORDINATION, COLORS, CONCEPT OF SIZE and HOW OBJECTS RELATE TO OTHER OBJECTS


MATH COUNTING GROSS MOTOR, BALANCE and COORDINATION


SCIENCE sense of touch texture of objects

FINE MOTOR GROSS MOTOR BUILDING TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS


M A T H SCIENCE GROSS MOTOR


SOCIAL STUDIES

KNOWING ABOUT OUR SCHOOL and GROSS MOTOR


FINE MOTOR GROSS MOTOR HOW THINGS WORK

SOCIAL STUDIES TOOLS


SCIENCE FINE MOTOR, GROSS MOTOR and COMMUNITY


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