Playground and child development

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Playground (equipment) and child development

lesson aims

At the end of this lesson:

1. you can name at least 5 types of equipment
2. you understand the difficult words/vocabulary from the article that is used to describe the developmental skills
3. you can explain (in your own words) how the playground equipment support children's development

3 questions for you

1. What was your favourite playground device when you were young?
2. what kind of devices do they have at your school/daycare?
3. can you explain how these devices help/improve children's development?

What's this called?

AAAHW so cute!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/vfOBad-A8dU?feature=share

Can you think of any other playground equipment?

Lesson Aims 

1. you can name 8 types of playground equipment
2. you can explain the difference between the two
3. you can give examples of gross & fine moter skills
4. you can translate the words used in this lesson that describe/explain these two skills
5. you have practised your speaking skills

Two truths and one lie

1. I'm having Christmas drinks at my house this Sunday and I've invited too many people.

2. I'm giving my dad golden undwerwear for Christmas.

3. I don't have a Christmas tree.

Playground equipment

Let's read the text together and afterwards you will do the exercises. Done?

--> Describe two of the playground equipment from the list

Before we watch the video..

Let's have a look at the words/vocabulary that are used in the video to talk about gross & fine motor skills.

joints and limbs

crawling

core strength / core muscles

holding utensils

precise and accurate motions

gewrichten en ledematen

kruipen

kernkracht / rompspieren

een gebruiksvoorwerp vasthouden

precieze & nauwkeurige bewegingen

Speakingactivity

1. Explain what either gross or fine motor skills are in yr own words (5 sentences)

2. Give 3 examples in your explanation of how to improve the skill

3. Also, use 2 words from the "sleepvraag" that you wouldn't normally use

4. In groups of 4 share your explanation and provide feedback on accuracy/pronunciation etc.

guess which playground equipment

You take the stairs up, and at the top

You take a seat

After that a little push is all you need

Let's wrap it up

and have a look at the lesson aims

lesson no. 2

School Year 2025

You'll work in Roadmap 

     (maintaining & improving your current English level)

You'll visit Bornwater school 

      (on 17 March, speaking activity with groups 3, 7, 8)

You'll have two exams (no dates yet)

1. TOA A2 = writing; and 
2. COE B1 = reading& listening.
3. NB: Before each exam we'll have three weeks of exam training

Lesson Aims 

At the end of this lesson:

1. you can name 8 types of playground equipment
2. you can explainwhat gross & fine motor skills and sensory skills are and give examples for all three skills
3. you have practised your listening skills
4. you have worked on new vocabulary  that is related to the topic of this lesson (8 new English words)

Previous lesson 19 & 20 December

But first.. How's your memory?

On the next slide there are pictures of equipment that can be found on/in a playground. 

You have 10 seconds to memorize them all.

Playground Equipment

Can you spell & name all 13 objects?

Gross & Fine motor skills

Control over our large muscle groups for movements that require strength & speed.	Control over our smaller muscle groups for movements that require dexterity* and precision. *dexterity = skill with hands I admire her dexterity with chopsticks
In short: gross motor skills are using the large muscles in the body.	In short : fine motor skills are using the small muscles in the body.
These develop BEFORE fine motor skills	These develop AFTER gross motor skills

Can you think of 4 examples of fine AND gross motor skills?

Let's do an activity (hand out)

Hot Seat!!

• we play the game with two teams
• focus on playground equipment vocabulary
• one member of the team sits in front of the classroom (on the HOT SEAT, back facing the whiteboard)
• the other team members describe the word to their classmate who tries to guess what it is.
• the team that guesses the word first receives a point
  
• the hot seat students change after every new word

1-4 yrs - gross motor skills

1. transitioning into different positions (sitting, lying on tummy, all fours)
   
2. walking smoothly and turning corners 
3. climbing up and down the furniture without assistance
4. walking up and down steps with support
5. picking up toy from floor without falling over
6. changing direction while walking

1-4 yrs - fine motor skills

1. stringing 3-4 large beads 
2. building a tower of 3-5 large blocks
3. copying a simple sequence of coloured blocks in a tower
4. turning single pages in a book
5. making snips with scissors
6. holding a crayon with thumb and fingers
7. using one hand consistently for most activities
8. eating without assistance

7-8 yr olds - gross motor skills

1. Bouncing the ball on the floor continuously with 2 hands
2. Hopscotching a pattern with hula hoops on the floor 
3. walking heel-to-toe on a straight line forwards & backwards
4. balancing/standing on one leg & knock over cones with the other while maintaining balance
5. Kicking the ball against a wall and catching it

7-8 yr olds -fine motor skills

1. writing most letters & numbers with a pen correctly
2. writing consistently on lines
3. riding a 2-wheel bicycle
4. twirling a beanbag
5. tying shoelaces by themselves
6. music lessons (playing the piano, or string instruments etc.)
7. colouring books with mor detailed designs
8. dancing

Now, let's..

Role and Benefits of Sensory Play

• Builds connections that guide brain development.
• Helps a child's brain be stimulated by sending signals to help strengthen their brains neural pathways.
• Helps develop and enhance a child's cognitive, social and emotional, physical and language development.

Let's watch a video ... or 2 

After watching, see if you can answer these questions. 

FIRST, COPY THE QUESTIONS PLEASE!

1. Why is it important to include sensory experiences in a child's life?

2. Are you able to name the eight senses?

3. There are 3 hidden senses (video no. 2) Can you name and explain them?

TAKE NOTES WHILE LISTENING                               +

Compare & discuss your answers

--> Take 3 min. to compare your answers with your neighbour.

1. Why is it important to include sensory experiences in a child's life?

2. Are you able to name the eight senses?

3. There are 3 hidden senses (video no. 2) 

    Can you name and explain them?

Q1: Why is it important to include sensory experiences in a child’s life?

• Helps refine their sensory networks within their brain.
  
  
• It helps them tune into what’s important information coming from the environment and tune out things that aren’t important to do a certain task.
  
  
• It helps develop language, play, socialisation and problem solving skills.
  

Q2&3: Can you name the 3 hidden senses and explain them?

Five "obvious" senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch.

The three hidden senses:

1. Vestibular: the sense of balance & feeling grounded in whatever we do.
2. Proproception: the sense of effort and movement & gravity that tells us what our body is doing and where it is in space.
3. Interreception: the sense or rather messages from our internal organs which tell us when we feel hungry, nervous or need go to the bathroom.

Team Task

I am curious about your internship and what is done to stimulate the development of children's Gross & Fine motor skills and Sensory skills.

• Write me an email (but stay polite and write to Ms Molenaar)
• Write about how your school/daycare stimulates these skills. (you can write about the playground, (PE) lessons, specific activities etc.)
• Are there things that you feel could be done better? (E.g. boring playground, not enough colouring pencils etc.)
• Do a websearch and find a fun activity (for each skill) that you would like to use with your target group.
• Begin & close your email appropriately.

Lesson Aims 

At the end of this lesson:

1. you can name 8 types of playground equipment
2. you can explainwhat gross & fine motor skills and sensory skills are and give examples for all three skills
3. you have practised your listening skills
4. you have worked on new vocabulary  that is related to the topic of this lesson (8 new English words)

lesson 3

lesson 1

• work (on your own) in Roadmap (at least 8 exercises)   OR
• instructietafel 

lesson 2

• recap previous lesson
• write and turn in your email (discuss team task)
  
• exam level check (that's me)

lesson aims

Let's discuss!

1. work quietly 
2. work focussed
3. Roadmap 8 exercises finished?
4. Team task / email finished