RESOURCESACTIVITY: Throwing Ball into the Net

This Brochure is Created By:   FATEMA AKTER SELINA MANNAN NAZNEEN AKHTER RUHINA ASHRAFI

ACTIVE PLAY (INDOORS)

Playing with ball is a wonderful active sport that keeps children engaged and moving. Throwing ball into the basket ball net is a active indoor play, especially in the winter for the preschooler as a first step of learning basket ball. There are so many benefits of playing with ball:   Throwing ball to target will

improve the children’s hand-eye coordination.

 The children will learn how to play together.

 The children will learn about the rule of the game as they wait for their turn in line.

 It will help the development of cognitive skill of children when they will measure the distance of throwing the ball and will see how the ball passes through the net.

 It’s also a good idea to clap and cheer when a child passes a ball through the basket ball net.

 The children will learn how to

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY

and PRESCHOOLERS

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According to Canadianparents.com, preschool children must receive a balance of structured and unstructured playtime a day. The following numbers come from National Association for Sport and Physical Education and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s Physical Activity Guides for Children and Youth.

Structured PlaytimePreschoolers should get at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity daily. Structured physical activity includes games and activities that adults direct or do with children.

Unstructured Playtime

Preschoolers should get at least 60 minutes, and up to several hours of unstructured physical activity daily.

Unstructured physical activity is supervised free time for children to play actively on their own or with other children. They should

Play Explore and Learn

The preschool years are a time of continued physical growth. Over the preschool years, muscles develop, and cartilage turns to bone. These changes help to make children stronger. Here are some important age appropriate activities that encourage physical development and FUN:

 Throwing, catching, and bouncing a ball teaches hand-eye coordination.

 Swinging promotes movement, and perceptual skills.

 Climbing promotes developmental focus.

 Balancing on a beam promotes body balance.

 Pedaling and steering a tricycle is good for children’ s muscles, life span, coordination, mental health,

Preschoolers develop physically when exposed to different physical activities. Preschoolers become much more proficient at coordinating the motion of their arms and legs when they try to throw or catch a ball. Preschoolers who are not encouraged throw or catch a ball maybe delayed at that area. This is true for other types of physical development as well.

It is so important for preschoolers to be given the opportunity to do all sorts of activities so that development will occur.

Preschoolers (3-4 years)

 Runs, Jumps, Hops, and Skips around obstacles with ease.

 Pedals and Steers a tricycle skill fully.

 Jump over objects 5-6 inches high.

 Catches, Bounces and

How Preschoolers Develop Physically

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