Creative movement is a fabulous way for children to express their feelings, thoughts and ideas. Touch and movement are the earliest senses we develop. Children explore the world around them through these senses and they may provide rich learning experiences that can influence our health and well-being (Reynolds. S. 2023).
Energetic play is an excellent way which supports children to progress their movement in different forms. Creating their own obstacle course provided a wealth of opportunities to climb, balance, jump or crawl!
Taking turns, our children created the movement they would like to perform, and their friends took great delight in copying! Whether it be running, side stepping, rolling (which was a definite favourite), rotating or frog jumps, each movement provided the opportunity to travel through our space, develop our co-ordination and strengthen our gross motor skills.
Children enact repeated patterns of behaviour in play, known as Schemas, allowing them the freedom to explore their thoughts and ideas, which is an important part of their brain development. Performing action songs with simple patterns such as head, shoulders, knees and toes and Grand old duke of York during Bookbug is the ideal opportunity to connect with our bodies and each other by creating tunnels, and improve our flexibility!
What better way to express our creative movements than to clear some space, pop on favourite songs and dance our hearts out! This provides the opportunity to move freely, perform spontaneous movements and have lots of fun!
Article 29 – your education should help you use and develop you talents and abilities.
