Move to Learn: Strategies for Managing Children’s Behaviour and Learning in Classroom
About This Course
This introductory course demonstrates the influence of motor development and its impact on learning and behaviour. Increasing scientific evidence shows that physical activities and improved motor skills influence emotional regulation, behaviour and the academics. This workshop provides learners with an understanding of children from the Neuromotor perspective. They will develop an awareness on the effects of attention, balance and co-ordination on children’s behaviour and readiness for learning and participation in a group setting.
What You'll Learn
1. Identify the foundation skills in the building blocks for learning;
2. Chart the connection of behaviours to learning;
3. Explain the Learning Pyramid: Body-Mind Connection; and
4. Develop awareness of the Moves for Learning that relates to sensation, posture, body awareness, laterality and directionality.
Entry Requirements
This course is for individuals who meet either criterion a or b and c:
a. Be ECDA-certified as L1/ L2 teacher
b. Have completed an ECDA-recognised certificate or diploma in early
childhood care and education
c. Currently employed in a childcare registered or licensed with ECDA