Standard in Practice: What it Looks Like in my Classroom – Strength, Coordination, and Muscle Control (PreK)
Standard in Practice: What it Looks Like in my Classroom – Strength, Coordination, and Muscle Control (PreK)
Grade Levels
Pre-Kindergarten
Course, Subject
Health, Safety, and Physical Education, Health, Wellness, and Physical Development
Related Academic Standards
Description
Instruction in the standards requires a focus not only on the learner concepts and competencies but the supportive practices employed by the adults in the classroom setting.
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Concepts and Competencies
The learner will:
- Practice manual self-help skills (e.g. zipping, snapping, buttoning)
- Practice using scissors
- Use tongs or tweezers to pick up objects
- Manipulate smaller objects (e.g. pegs into a pegboard, puzzle pieces, stringing beads)
Supportive Practices
The adult will:
- Encourage and allow the time for children to dress independently
- Provide opportunities to use scissors
- Supply tweezers and tongs to grasp objects
- Provide a variety of smaller objects to manipulate
Content Provider
This resource was created by the Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL).
Contact: RA-PWPAELS@pa.gov
Office of Child Development and Early Learning, OCDEL, health, wellness, nutrition, physical activity
