Lately, the sun has been shining, enticing the children to come and play outside. Even the chilling wind hasn't deterred them.
"Many of the fundamental tasks that children must achieve, such as, exploring, risk-taking, fine and gross motor development and the absorption of vast amounts of basic knowledge, can be most effectively learned though outdoor play" (Johnson, Christie, & Wardle, 2010).
The children excitedly explored this week's obstacle course. It proved to be an enjoyable challenge, although it was a bit tyre-ing!
As the children explored the obstacle course they used different strategies for climbing over the tyres.
Some children stepped into the centre of each tyre...
some children stepped around the sides of each tyre...
some children stepped (or climbed) over the top of each tyre...
and some children tried different combinations of all the strategies...
While exploring the obstacle course the children were developing their gross motor skills.
Gross motor skills are developed through using the large muscles of the body in a controlled and coordinated way, through physical activities including running, jumping, climbing, and balancing.
"A moving child is a learning child. Movement is at the very core of how children develop intellectually, emotionally, socially, and of course, physically" (Connell, 2013).
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