Up, Down, Move Around -- Nutrition and Motor Skills: Active Learning for Preschoolers

by Deborah Kayton Michals

Overview

Movement-inspiring activities reinforce good nutrition, health and motor skills! 

Young children learn best when they connect physical activity with learning! Up, Down, Move Around is packed with fun, simple activities that will have your children jumping, shaking, rolling, dancing, and clapping as they learn!

From the Healthy Food Obstacle Course to the Bendy Bodies Stretch, children ages 3 to 6 will get moving as they learn and support an awareness of nutrition and health concepts as well as fine and gross motor-skill development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780876594728
Publisher:	Gryphon House Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Series:	Up, Down, Move Around
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	1 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

For more than 25 years, Deborah Kayton Michals has designed and directed programs that combine physical activity with literacy, math, nutritional learning, motor-skill development, and arts curricula. She is a consultant, trainer, and mentor for schools, social service agencies, and arts organizations. She has developed programs for The Education Alliance, the Legal Aid Society, the NYC Board of Education, the 92nd Street Y, and Yale University, among others. An accomplished professional dancer, Deborah earned a bachelors degree in history at Yale University and a master of fine arts degree from New York University in dance as a Goddard Fellow. Deborah lives in Riverside, Connecticut, with her husband, Jonathan, and three school-aged children.