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BEST STARTS FOR KIDS

Playing Outside Games

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​Some of the skills they will likely develop are:

  • development of gross motor skills: walking, running, jumping, hopping, galloping, skipping, balancing, climbing, ball skills, riding a bike, swinging a bat to hit a ball, kicking a ball, throwing and catching, bowling, digging, etc

  • increased hand eye coordination

  • increased strength

  • increased agility and maneouverability

  • increased stamina

  • improved posture

  • development of game specific skills

  • fine motor skills

  • increased levels of physical fitness

Children Running

Some Social Skills Linked to Outdoor Play

  • turn taking ability

  • perseverance

  • the ability to follow rules of a game

  • accept losing

  • turn taking

  • sharing space

  • learning to win graciously

  • self-esteem and confidence building

  • social skills: cooperating to play a game

  • enjoyment

  • learning to lose graciously

  • encouragement of others

  • learning to accept differences

Kids Playing Soccer
Kids Playing

Some Language Linked to Outdoor Play

  • climb: over, under, through, beneath, behind, in front, higher, lower

  • run: fast, faster, fastest, slow, slower, slowest, turn, race, chase, around, behind, in front

  • skip: step over, step, hop, flick rope over your head, both

  • dig: deep, deeper, deepest, bury, unearth, decorate

  • line up: make a line, behind, in front, move forward, next to, beside, 

  • turn taking: before, after, nearly, time is up, change over, completed, finished, begin, start, your turn, next, later

  • throwing & catching: hard, harder, hardest, soft, softer, high, higher, highest, low, lower lowest, goal, target, repeat, move further away, come closer, over arm

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Check out how many opportunities physical activity provides for the use of prepositions

Playing Soccer

Confidence Builds with Skill

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For more Ideas to help build your child's skill levels return to: Things to Do With Kids

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