Physical Education Standards - Age 4 (2023)
Lesson Plans

Strand 1: MOTOR SKILLS AND MOVEMENT

Motor skill development includes both small muscle and large muscle movements. Gross (large) motor skills include walking, kicking, hopping, galloping, running, sliding, skipping, leaping, and jumping. Fine (small) motor skills include activities to strengthen the hand and wrist, helping students to begin to develop pre-writing skills.

Standard PE 4 yr.1.4

Demonstrate wrist, hand, and finger control (for example, screw on and off lids, button, zip, push an object, use scissors, create art).

• Fine Motor Muscle Development
  Children need to develop coordination of the muscles in their shoulders, arms, wrists, hands, and fingers.  Provide materials in order to help children build and strengthen those muscles.
• Playing with Shadows
  Child(ren) wil explore how sunlight can cast shadows on a sunny day.  Child(ren) will trace shadows on the sidewalk to color.  This can be an outline of their own body(s), or they can trace the outline of a preferred toy, etc. 

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