Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Supporting Physical Development in Early Childhood
UK Health Security Agency and The Open University
Supporting physical development in early childhood: an interactive course which offered practical and sustainable ways to increase physical activity and included themes that explored the importance of encouraging children to be physically active, how to work with parents and opportunities to reflect on practice.
6 weeks, 3 hours per week
Angela Baker
Deputy Director, Health and Wellbeing
UK Health Security Agency
Dave Hall
University Secretary
The Open University
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Identify the importance of movement skills to the overall health, wellbeing and development of young children
- Explore the relationship between physical growth and development
- Describe the body systems and their relationship to moving and learning
- Describe the relationship between movement skills/language and communication skills/literacy
- Identify the appropriate physical/movement activities for each age and stage of development from 0–5 yrs
- Explore how parents and practitioners can work together to support the physical development of all children
Syllabus
• Growth and physical development of babies and young children
• The relationship between physical development and other areas of development
• Why physical development should be supported
• Factors that can impact supporting babies and young children’s physical development – challenges and solutions
• Supporting physical development through indoor and outdoor play and activities
Issued on 16th January 2023
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