Content of the Movement Program

Test 1

Locomotor Movements

• Crawling (army crawl)

• Creeping (regular crawl)

• Walking

• Running

• Jumping (both feet)

• Leaping

• Galloping

• Hopping (one foot)

• Sliding (sideways)

• skipping

• step-hopping

Six elements of movement

1. Space

2. Shape

3. Time

4. Force

5. Flow

6. Rhythm

Example activity Locomotor

Freeze tag

Non-locomotor

• Stretch

• Bend

• Shake

• Turn

• Rock/sway

• Dodge

• Fall

Example of non-locomotor activity

yoga, stretches

Manipulative Skills

• Pull

• Push

• Lift

• Strike (with hand)

• Throw

• Kick

• Volley

• Bounce

• Catch

• Strike (with object)

• Dribble

Example of Manipulative activity

volleyball

Olympic Gymnastics

• Stunt oriented

• Performance

• Competition

• Mastery of specific skills

• scored on performance

• demonstration/imitation

• developmentally inappropriate

Educational Gymnastics

• Child oriented

• Performance compared to self

• Compete against selves

• Exploratory approach

• Intrinsic reward of success

• Developmentally appropriate

Gymnastic elements that we can teach children

• Roll

• Weight transfer

• foot to foot, foot to hand

• Balance

• Climb

• hang and Swing