An Introduction to Active Movement Koringa Hihiko - Sport New ...

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Key concepts
Active movement
Arts
Body awareness
Body control
Body rhythm
Crossing the midline
Directionality
Disposition
Dominance
Empowerment
Eye, hand, foot
coordination
Fundamental movement
skills
Active Movement is a child’s physical movement
experiences which develop and enhance the spiritual,
emotional, social, cognitive and physiological growth of a
child. Active Movement embodies the whole child.
Encompasses fields and categories of arts such as music,
dance, literature and illustrative material (eg, painting,
graphics).
Internalised understanding of what the body is, its
shape, size and what it looks like. Understanding what is
happening to the body, how it feels and the use of that
knowledge to aid coordinated movement.
Knowing parts of the body and what they are for.
An inner awareness of timing and beat.
Ability to move one hand, foot or eye into the space of
the other hand, foot or eye.
An internalised awareness of understanding left, right,
over, under, above, below, inside, outside etc.
A tendency to exhibit frequently, consciously, and
voluntarily motivation, attitudes, values and habits that all
play key roles in guiding the person to be involved.
Establishment of a preferred hand, eye and foot on one
side of the body.
To equip, supply or enable with ability and/or power.
The ability to coordinate either the eye and the hand or
the eye and the foot together.
Core essential physical skills that enable movement in a
planned way. These skills allow for higher-level learning
and more complex physical movement patterns to be
achieved.