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Our bouncy water bed!
At BestStart MacDonald street we believe that physical play is as important for brain development and it is for health and wellbeing. The brain connections and neural pathways that are formed in the early years set the foundations for how the brain will develop throughout life.
All our rooms have access to the outdoors for most of the day. Children have space for running, throwing balls, skipping, balancing and doing obstacle courses. Teachers provide a full range of physical challenges help children build a range of physical, social and emotional competencies.
Activities such as crawling, walking, jumping, skipping, turning, twirling and rolling create neural connections that grow stronger over time as the movements are repeated. Children’s confidence grows when they learn to control their bodies by developing their large muscles, strength, co-ordination and balance.
One of these activities that we have recently introduced is the bouncy water bed. The children love to practice their forward rolls, tummy splashing, balancing, jumping and rolling around, all fun physical activities whilst following the rules for play and sharing the learning environment with each other.
Physically active play increases the heart rate, which pumps more oxygen to the brain, providing an excellent environment for the growth of brain cells.
In addition to helping maintain a healthy body physical play helps to build healthy bones, muscles, heart and lungs.
There’s always something fun to do at BestStart MacDonald Street!
For more information about the learning happening through phyically active play visit our BestStart 16 Areas of Play resource.