(c) Wadsworth Experiences in Movement 4th edition by Rae Pica

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

5. Climbing Structures
• Gross motor skills
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement

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

10. Sand
• Digging, pouring, science, add water

11. Riding Toys
• Visual motor-skills, laterality
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement

12. Slides
• Static pieces, think out of the box
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement

13. Swings
• Coordination, muscle development, sense
of freedom, learning about midline
• Imagery: pretend play
• Elements of movement