- walking
- running
- jumping forward and sideways
- hopping (body moves on one foot as in right foot to right foot)
- skipping (combines a step and a hop)
- leaping (body `takes off' from one foot, propels through air for distance, then lands on the opposite foot)
- sliding (one foot steps and the other moves to meet the first foot, "step-close")
- galloping (one foot steps, body propels upward, other foot moves to meet the first foot).
| (a) |
Explore and share ways to move the body through space (e.g., crawl slowly, hop quickly, run sneakily like a weasel, pounce like a cat, leap like a ballerina, gallop like a horse). |
| (b) |
Explore moving in response to locomotor vocabulary (e.g., hop, leap, slide, jump, skip, sneak, tiptoe, dash). |
| (c) |
Respond physically to verbal prompts of travelling skill named by others (e.g., hop, leap, jump). |
| (d) |
Imitate the locomotor movements of others (e.g., copy actions made by others, follow-the-leader). |
| (e) |
Repeat performance words (e.g., "arms close to side", "knees bend a little bit") to demonstrate use of performance cues language related to locomotor skills. |
| (f) |
Explore ways to vary locomotor skills and share with others (e.g., "How can you move across the gym quickly?"; "What might you look like if you were moving like a horse?"). |
| (g) |
Travel as instructed (e.g., walking quickly forward, leap from right foot to left foot, slide on a line) on signal, and try to stop smoothly on signal. |
| (h) |
Move between objects (e.g., ropes laid out to create pathways) and through obstacle courses using a variety of locomotor skills. |
| (i) |
Use a variety of locomotor skills when playing simple co-operative movement activities and games. |
