Physical and intellectual activities for Early years children.

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Unit 5 – Activities and well being

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In my assignment I have chosen to carry out my activities in an early year setting, there are a range of activities that I can choose from when linking with this certain age group with young children; the setting I have chosen to work at is Wallace Road Nursery. In this assignment I will need to write about the types of activities suitable for this service user group. I will also need to consider what the benefits of these are including consideration of safety while carrying out the activity.  I will particularly be looking at the four main areas of children’s needs these are: Physical needs

       Intellectual needs

       Emotional needs

       Social needs

Early childhood is a time of tremendous growth and development for children in every way: physical, intellectual, emotional and social. When looking at well-being and linking it with the activities that I have chosen, I can see that this will develop the physical needs  of the children as well as make them happy, well being is a term which describes happiness in addition to being able to do something that you enjoy and can stimulate you as a person. Activities will stimulate children at this age group and keep their bodies and minds active which I think is very important particularly for a child at this age who is just beginning their development. There are usually 6 ways taken to measure the well- being of children, these consist health and safety, education, peer and family relationships, behaviours and risks.

Physical needs

Whilst looking at the physical need of children and linking it to my chosen age group. I can see how important it is for children to keep stimulated and moving because this is very important for them especially because their bodies have just started to develop. Not exercising or playing in free times will not allow their physical development to increase. Physical needs not only involve being stimulated and motivated but also involves basic everyday needs such as food, warmth, a clean environment, safety, rest and sleep. For each and every chid these needs are very important, not just in their household but in school, and every day social life as well.

Gross motor skills are the movements of the large muscles in the body, mainly in the arms and legs. Example of this are to stand-up, walk and run, climb stairs etc. Gross motor skills are important for major movement functions such as walking, maintaining balance, coordination, jumping, reaching, and many others. Whereas fine motor skills involve use of the smaller muscles. Example of a fine motor skill could be using the  (the use of the thumb and forefinger) to pick up small objects, for coloring and writing, threading beads, threading a needle etc. these skills are important in most school activities as well as in life in general. weaknesses in fine motor skills can affect a child's ability to eat, writ, use computers, turn pages in a book, and perform personal care tasks such as dressing and grooming.

Intellectual needs

When looking at the intellectual needs of a child I can see that these skills are very important as it is a nice way for them to socialise with others. Also there is an increase change in the intellectual skills of a child, as they are learning new things in and out of pre-school.

Emotional needs

When looking at emotional needs for children at my chosen age group I can see that children’s emotional needs are met through bonding with their and increasing number of relationships. One of the first and most important need for a child at this age is to be loved. Other needs for children could be to show them interest in their activities, give them lots of attention, allow them to make choices, e.g. What close to wear, to show them that you trust them as well and of course to make them feel safe and secure.

Social needs

When looking at social needs I can see that primary socialisation is a big part of their social needs because learning the norms and values of society from parents is an important need because all children grow up with these values and have to take into account how to respect people and understand society.

Below I have explained what physical, intellectual, emotional and social activities are and have chose and activity from each category and explained the benefits of each and how it might affect children in the future.

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Physical activities

Whilst looking at the physical activities for children at my chosen age group I can see that it is important for children to keep stimulated. Examples of physical activities could be to walk, skip, cycle, kick, throw, hit balls, water activities, dancing and exercise.

Exercise - For physical needs I am going to carry out some exercise for my activity. This will be with the whole group as all the children will be able to participate and as a group will enjoy it more. There are many benefits of exercise. The most obvious are that ...

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