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An interesting movement activity for a two-year-old is the one named Color Dash. In this game, several large articles of different color are to be placed in plain sight around the room. The caretaker helps the toddler to identify all the colors, then gives the signal for one of them and has the child racing towards it. This course of action is repeated for all colors, then the child is told to change the order of colors by moving the objects, and the game is repeated. A two-year-old shows increasing skill in both gross and fine movements, and as such is capable of lifting, carrying, climbing, jumping and running. Also, they present a lively form of communication, expressing themselves through "words, gestures and mime -- either separately...
Developments in language are immediately reflected in children's play" (Sheridan, 1999).
By the age of 5, there is significant progress in agility and strength with special emphasis on skipping. Around this age children begin to participate in team games, role play and games governed by strict rules. A good form of exercise is Gather the Potatoes, where children divided in two teams line up at a start line, facing two clusters of objects or balls of identical size and number. At the given signal, first child from each team must run, pick an object from their team's cluster, and bring it to the back of their line, thereby tagging a teammate to take the turn. First team to gather all potatoes wins.
At the age of seven, distinctions start to appear between the spontaneous play of boys and girls. Coordination, balance are much improved, and the child also becomes increasingly independent. Also, a seven-year-old makes a fair distinction between reality and fantasy. At…
