1. “PLAY” Parents Lead Activities with Young children Play Activity Guide for 2-4 year oldsTake Charge Weight InitiativeGuilford Child Health, Inc.Ashley Dunston Chancellor‘09 M.Ed. CandidateSpring 2009
2. Outline of PLAY Guide Introduction Goals Purpose “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.”
3. Outline of PLAY Guide (cont’d.) Research Appendix A: Healthy Futures Survey DAP Why Play? Guidelines for Play
5. Sample Activity A Name of Activity: Hopscotch Age (years): 4 Activity Level: Medium, High Indoor/Outdoor Purpose: Strengthens your child’s bones. Materials: Sidewalk chalk or duck tape. Directions: Draw/tape a shape such as below on your sidewalk/carpet. Instruct your child to jump on certain numbers. For example: 1, then 2 & 4 at the same time, then 5 5, then 2 & 4 at the same time, then 1 1, 4, 5, 2 1, 3, 5, then 2 & 4 at the same time You can switch it up and use any combination of numbers as you go along. Adaptation: If your child can not move their legs, place them inside of square “3” and help them reach for “1”, “2”, “4”, & “5.” You could even provide them with bean bags and encourage them to throw them to the correct box. Questions & Statements: This time we are going to hop really slow. Now let’s hop a little faster! What animals hop? I wonder how high/low we can hop. 5 3 4 2 1
6. Sample Activity B Name of Activity:Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Age (years): 3 & 4 Activity Level: Low, Medium, High Indoor/Outdoor Purpose: Not only will your child learn the different parts of their body, but they will also get to move around and act silly during this song! By speeding it up or slowing it down you will get your child’s heart rate pumping! And yours will be too by the end of this game! -- Musical awareness and rhythm, body parts Materials: Use your body! Directions: This is an action song, good for warming up. Start off slowly, saying the parts in the same order each time. Then as your child gains experience, vary the speed and order. While singing, touch both hands to the head, then the shoulders, then the knees, and then the toes, in time with the words. Then on the second verse, miss out the word "Head", but still do the actions. On the third verse, miss out the word "Shoulders", and so on. Finish with all the words back in, but singing as fast as possible! You can change it up by substituting different body parts. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,Knees and ToesHead, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,Knees and ToesAnd Eyes and Ears and Mouth and NoseHead, Shoulders, Knees and Toes Adaptation: Change body parts for your child. Use different body parts for older kids. Try: Ears, mouths, pinkies, and elbows; or eyes, bellies, thumbs, and nose. Questions & Statements: Let’s speed it up! Let’s sing it R-E-A-L-L-Y slow…. Where is your head/shoulder’s/knees/toes? Show me your Eyes/ears/mouth, or nose? How many eyebrows do you have? What do you smell with? Hear with?
7. Outline of PLAY Guide (cont’d.) Important Reminders Questions to Ponder Community Resources Parks & Recreational Facilities Greenways Swimming Pools
8. Reflections: Personal The Beginning You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself, any direction you choose. The Middle So the writer who breeds more words than he needs, is making a chore for the reader who reads. “All alone!Whether you like it or not,alone is something you'll be quite a lot I'm afraid sometimes you'll play lonely games too,games you can't winbecause you'll play against you"” The End And will you succeed? Yes indeed, yes indeed! 98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.
9. Reflections: Professional "I'm sorry to sayso but, sadly it's truethat bang-ups and hang-upscan happen to you“ “You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.” Professional
