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.