Think about specific children you care for and their interests. Write down some ideas about how to enhance their physical development during specific times of the day.

Daily Routine Child, Interests, Physical Activity Ideas

Choice time or free play
Abby (age 2)

Interests: playing chef and cooking

Ideas: Provide Abby with different sizes of plastic bowls and spoons. Have her use her hands and arms to “stir” the pretend food in her bowls.

Mika (age 4):

Interests: buildings/roads

Ideas: Help Mika (and other children) create a toy car using an empty box. Encourage him to attach wheels, paint it, etc.

焦油a (age 9 months)

Interests: musical bear

Ideas: Place the musical bear a distance from Tara and have her crawl to reach it.

Thomas (age 6)

Interests: superhero play

Ideas: Encourage Thomas to create and setup an obstacle course for the superhero to achieve a goal.