physical development
Physical development involves developing your child's gross (large body) motor movements and their fine motor movements.
dance of the day
At Stafford Leys the children in EYFS have a dance they do everyday. The dances we do link to key movements for the writing of letters when we do handwriting practice. Research suggests there is a strong link between your child's physical skills and their future academic achievement. We spend time focusing on your child's gross motor skills (large movements) and their fine motor skills (small movements).
Here is a video below that focuses on the 'up and down' movements that we have started.
Here is a video below that focuses on the 'up and down' movements that we have started.
Our first dance incorporates the 'up and down' movements to the song Up and Down by The Vengaboys (we do not have the video on the screen when we do our dance).
