Rae Pica 
Toddlers Moving and Learning [EPUB ebook] 
A Physical Education Curriculum

Table of Contents

Activity Chart

Curriculum Connectors Chart

Song List

Preface

Introduction

Benefits of Moving & Learning

Implementing the Program

Toddlers: Developmental Considerations

Lesson 1

Heads, Bellies, Toes

Let’s Stretch

Let’s Walk

Exploring Up and Down

Lesson 2

Show Me

Let’s Bend

Let’s Run

Exploring Straight and Round

Lesson 3

Flexing/Pointing Feet

Let’s Shake

Let’s Jump

Shapes in Motion

Lesson 4

“Where Is Thumbkin?”

Let’s Sway

Tiny Steps/Giant Steps

Being Balloons

Lesson 5

“Open & Close”

Let’s Turn

Let’s Gallop

“Pop Goes the Weasel”

Lesson 6

“The Wash Song”

Bending and Stretching

Let’s Creep

“Moving Slow/Moving Fast”

Lesson 7

See My Hands

Let’s Strike

Let’s Roll

“The Bumblebee”

Lesson 8

See My Feet

Let’s Push and Pull

“Marching Band”

Moving Backward

Lesson 9

See My Face

The Tightrope

Follow the Leader

“Marching Slow/Marching Fast”

Lesson 10

Mirror Game

Let’s Lift

Moving Like the Animals

“Slow-Motion Moving”

Lesson 11

Simon Says

Let’s Balance

Let’s Tiptoe

“The Tiptoe Song”

Lesson 12

“The Body Song”

Shake, Wiggle, and Vibrate

Let’s Jump Again

“Moving Softly/Moving Loudly”

Lesson 13

Body-Part Balance

“High & Low”

Let’s Crawl

“Robots & Astronauts”

Lesson 14

Traveling Body Parts

“In My Space”

Follow the Leader

“Common Meters”

References

Additional Resources

Rae Pica: Rae Pica has been an early childhood education consultant, specializing in children’s physical activity, since 1980. She is cofounder of the BAM! Radio Network, the world’s largest online education radio network, and host of Educators Radio programs
Body, Mind, and Child and
Teacher’s Aid, for which she interviews experts in education, child development, play research, the neurosciences, and more, on a wide variety of topics. Rae is the founder and director of Moving and Learning, a company offering services and materials related to physical activity for children from birth to age eight. A former adjunct instructor with the University of New Hampshire, she is the author of many books for early childhood professionals and parents. Rae has shared her expertise with such groups as the
Sesame Street Research Department, the Head Start Bureau, Centers for Disease Control, the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Nickelodeon’s
Blue’s Clues, Gymboree, and state health departments throughout the country. Rae also served on the task force of the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) that created national guidelines for early childhood physical activity, is a member of several advisory boards, and serves on the executive committee of the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences International.