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