Learning through Movement and Active Play in the Early Years

by Tania Swift

In this practical resource, Tania Swift provides early years professionals and teachers with advice and tips on incorporating physical activities into all key areas of children's learning. Advancing a movement skills based approach to help teachers deliver learning flexibly, the book identifies how getting children active contributes to their wellbeing and development and improves personal and social skills as well as their cognitive learning. The book is divided into chapters that explore personal, social and emotional development; mathematics and numeracy; literacy, language and communication; knowledge and understanding of the world; expressive arts, design and creative development; and spiritual, moral, social and cultural development. Drawing on the author's wealth of training experience, each chapter sets out a range of knowledge development, tips, tools and activities that teachers and practitioners can use to support and enhance children's learning and development and examples of good practice from other practitioners and teachers. Full of creative ideas that early years workers and teachers can easily implement, this book will equip readers with the knowledge and confidence to plan for effective learning through movement and active play.

192 pages, Paperback

Published April 21, 2017

Reviews

[Abigail Rothwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

As years progress, most students learn best with movement, and hands on activities. This book does a wonderful job explain that. If teachers have a hard time trying to teach through movement, and it does just that. And as teachers we do not teach to text anymore, students need much more than that. I recommend this book when teaching.

[Paris Krug · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I am trying to teach students I have noticed that the hands on approach is one that is most helpful to students today. I personally learn the best with this approach as well as this book does a great job going into depth what this looks like in the classroom. I would read this book more and refer to it throughout my teaching career for ideas.

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Chapter 11 was the most useful to me as a working mom with a stay-at-home preschooler. I know he needs to move, and I was looking for ideas.