Region 2-PD4 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.