EDL1260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Phonics, Motor Planning

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EDL1260(-(Children’s(Growth,(Development(and(Learning(
Physical(development(
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Learning(outcomes:(Explain(how(gross(and(fine(motor(skills(are(developmental,(identify(how(
gross(and(fine(motor(skills(can(be(developed(in(the(classroom,(describe(how(physical(
development(impacts(on(the(children’s(learning.((
Prenatal(-(newborn(
Infancy(
Early(childhood(
Middle(-(late(childhood(
Adolescence(
Adulthood(
(
Gross(and(fine(motor(skills(need(to(be(taught(and(practised,(physical(development(impacts(
on(children’s(learning,(identify(how(this(area(of(development(will(be(considered(in(your(
classroom.(
(
Teaching(the(physical(skills(that(underpin(reading(and(writing(at(the(same(time(as(early(
literacy(skills(leads(to(big(improvements(in(children’s(learning.(The(need(to(balance(the(
increased(emphasis(put(on(formal(learning(in(the(early(years(with(teaching(traditional(co-
ordination(skills,(curriculum(changes(that(required(children(to(be(able(to(read(and(write(
from(an(earlier(age(meant(that(pre(primary(students(were(spending(longer(sitting(on(a(mat(
or(working(at(desks.(Exercises(set(to(nursery(rhymes(to(help(children(develop(specific(skills(
needed(for(reading(and(writing,(such(as(holding(a(pencil,(tracking(eyes(across(a(page(and(
sitting(up(straight(in(class,(teaching(phonics(and(physical(skills(together(was(more(beneficial(
than(teaching(either(in(isolation,(beginning(literacy(not(just(by(doing(more(literacy,(not(only(
had(students’(reading(and(writing(improved,(but(they(also(were(less(distracted(in(class(and(
more(dexterous(
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Elements$of$gross$motor$development(
balancing(activities(
jumping(and(hopping(
ball(skills/eye(hand(coordination((
core(strength(
general(strength(
motor(planning(and(sensory(motor(
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Learning outcomes: explain how gross and fine motor skills are developmental, identify how gross and fine motor skills can be developed in the classroom, describe how physical development impacts on the children"s learning. Gross and fine motor skills need to be taught and practised, physical development impacts on children"s learning, identify how this area of development will be considered in your classroom. Teaching the physical skills that underpin reading and writing at the same time as early literacy skills leads to big improvements in children"s learning.

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