HEAD START BODY START NATIONAL CENTER FOR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUTDOOR PLAY (HSBS)

1. HEAD START BODY STARTNATIONAL CENTER FOR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND OUTDOOR PLAY (HSBS) Play on the GO! Developing Object Control Skills

2. Session Focus Learn fun activities to do at home -- inside and out -- to foster physical development of Object Control skills or GROSS motor skills.

3. Can you name the object control and manipulative skills?

4. Object Control Skills • Gross Motor Skills • (Manipulative Movements) • Catch • Throw • Kick • Volley • Strike • Roll • Dribble • Let’s practice!

5. The Goal is for children to have Strong, Rich Movement Foundation We want children to do each movement skill in a variety of different ways

6. The Head Start Child Development and Early Learning Framework Domains Approaches to Learning: Object control activities increase children's capacity to maintain concentration over time on a task and allows them to voluntarily participate in a variety of tasks and activities Science: Children use the senses to gather information, investigate materials, and observe processes and relationships. Object control activities help increase awareness and beginning understanding of changes in materials and cause-effect relationships. Fine Motor Skills: Control of the small muscles, especially those in the hands, to execute small movements, such as picking up a raisin, cutting with scissors, writing, and using buttons, snaps, and shoelaces. Object control activities help with hand- eye coordination. Gross Motor Skills: Control of the large muscles, such as those in the arms and legs. Gross motor activities include walking, running, and climbing. – These activities help with learning object control and learning to use your arms and legs.

7. Activity – Palooza! • Newspaper Throwing Fun • Can you Challenges • Sock Balls • Carnival Tossing • Milk Jug Kicking • T-shirt Manipulation

8. Questions?

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