A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Pica Chapter 12
1. ECE 236 Motor Development
and
Movement Education
Chapter 12:
Bringing Movement Outdoors
2. Outdoor Play
• Extension of the indoors: opportunities for
physical, social, emotional, creative and
cognitive development
• Teacher as play leader
• Static playgrounds
• Divergent play experiences: adapt
equipment and materials to their own
needs
3. Loose Parts
• Items that can be carried and used in
many different areas
• Blocks, rocks, spools, acorns, buckets,
tarps, shovels, hoops, beanbags, water,
trucks, toy animals, tents, sticks, paper,
paintbrushes, chalk, spray bottles, the
possibilities are endless
4. Playground Space
• Paved areas, grassy areas for
manipulative skills
• Open areas for movement: large group
activities and games
6. Balance Beams
• Edge of sandbox
• Skinny paths
• Planks
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement
7. Tunnels
• Concrete conduits, plastic culverts,
playground structures
• Boxes, crates, tires
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement
8. Platforms
• Telephone cable spools, tables, wooden
crates, tree stumps
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement
9. Tires
• Stacked, rolled, crawled through, used as
targets or containers, grouped in patterns,
obstacle courses
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement