Body Awareness & Creative Move
Fundamental Movement Skills
•Reception
•6 Lessons
This unit introduces Reception students to fundamental body management through playful exploration of balance, spatial awareness, and creative movement. The approach uses familiar concepts like 'tables and shelves' and 'building blocks' to help young children understand how their bodies can move, balance, and create shapes. Through progressive activities with equipment and apparatus, students develop essential movement literacy while building confidence in their physical capabilities.
Lessons in This Unit
6 lessons in this unit
Lesson 1
Big Question:
How can we make our bodies work like tables and shelves to balance and carry things?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop balance and coordination by balancing beanbags on different body parts
- • To explore controlled movement whilst carrying objects
Lesson 2
Big Question:
How can we move our bodies in different ways to travel through hoops?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop coordination and spatial awareness when moving through hoops
- • Practice working cooperatively with a partner to achieve movement goals
Lesson 3
Big Question:
How can we use our whole body to reach places and move things safely?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop reaching and stretching skills while maintaining balance
- • To understand how to move equipment safely using different body parts
Lesson 4
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies to create different shapes and move in creative ways?
Key Objectives:
- • Develop spatial awareness through varied locomotion patterns
- • Create and maintain stable bridge positions using different body parts
Lesson 5
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies to move over, under, and around different obstacles safely?
Key Objectives:
- • To develop spatial awareness by negotiating high and low apparatus
- • To explore different ways of travelling over and under equipment
Lesson 6
Big Question:
How can we use our bodies like building blocks to create amazing shapes and connect them together?
Key Objectives:
- • To create tall, wide, and small shapes using different body positions and balance
- • To work cooperatively with a partner to create linked shapes