Moving Smart PMP Course

Wendy Pirie MHSc Movement Educator Smart start with PMP 

3 components - floor, movement & language follow up

Classical music 60-80 beats per minute, mimics our heart beat so can be comforting

Memory level age less 2 = 3

Balance - rolling, spinning & upside down 

Develop inside to out and top to bottom 

Dominance is eye, ear, hand and leg

Dominance can be determined between 2 1/2 & 7yrs. 

Left handed children need everything on the midline (central) 

Lefties write towards midline

Right write away from midline 

Reversals; position & orientation 

Eye fitness - eye hand foot coordination

Bubbles, balloons & feathers 

Pause, prompt, praise 

Building courageous kids, children leap from the known to the Unknown 

Crawling for 300 hours! 

Do things over & over & over again

Wonder... What does it do? Experience & associate 

Investigate... What can it do? Explore & master 

Play... What can I do? Experiment & invent

Own... What am i going to do? 

Language + Experinece = Understanding 

Dizzy giddy dish 

Launch board (catapult) squash the tomato. Start with foot on the board, heel on the back. Use dominant leg. 

Immerse Rehearse Automate

Music after lunch 

Good for all kids in the first 3 yrs of school 

Music, create a playlist for each term 

Language sheets, photocopy and have ready to go for the term 

Plan for whole term 

Eye tracking - adult hip height & width 

5-10 seconds to start with 

Language follow up folder with students evaluation sheet at front 

Wendy.pirie@movingsmart.co.nz

Play talk Learning through play webinar

http://youtu.be/KUHsXdyf8Pk

Examples...

Building with boxes - maths measuring estimating trial and error

Water play - capacity, measuring 

Authentic play engages children in meaningful oral Language

Sandpit - exploring different properties, calculating, constructing, physics, science, estimating and measuring, capacity, exploring and creating new ideas

Learning stories - observe with notebook and camera, document captures children language, thinking indicators capture it as a quote to gauge children's voice. Thinking about... Showing knowledge... 

Photocopy curriculum Documents and glue into children's book 

Whole class, photos, quotes, links to curriculum shows student voice as evidence 

Notebook is formative assessment, a working document 

Videos to capture essence of learning 

Need the time to observe children in their play 

Link back to children's previous learning, scaffold them back to revisit learning and use language for learning 

Children need to see they are learning all the time, to become life long learners 

Handing power over to the children 

Videoing children at play to make it managble 

Rules around how to play and use equipment, behaving appropriately, teaching respect to others and property 

Reflection time, link to learning 

Key competencies are most important

Te Whariki first year of school 

Learning dispositions (Key comps)

Working theories (edit thinking along the way)

Blogging about it, using reading and writing in real life 

Link to both curriculums

Process verses product, see the value in process it took to get there not just the creation 

Higher order thinking, once they've created what will they do with it to extend their play

Children using learning language eg curious, sharing, investigating