Region 1- Physical Development: Active Physical Play

• Discuss how developmentally appropriate movement programs accommodate a variety of individual differences among children.
• Review why children often learn best through maximum active participation.
• Support the notion that physical safety of children’s play environments should be of paramount importance at all times.
• Express how family members, working as partners with teachers, are key to enriching the physical development of children.
• Describe how the inclusion of children with special needs is beneficial to all and promotes greater understanding and respect
for diversity.
• Recognize that children are multisensory learners with unique learning styles.