These activities are designed to promote writing readiness addressing dominate hand use, small muscle development, eye-hand coordination, ability to copy, and an orientation to reading readiness.

These activities are designed to teach students to use their bodies in daily activities, by promoting a regular routine of using large and small motor skills, personal space, and boundary awareness.

Learn how to take the stage at the Ft. Lauderdale Children's Theater. Practice using body language, play in the prop room, try on amazing costumes, and act out The Three Little Pigs. Includes links to lesson plans, an assessment, and a take-home activity. [8:06]

Learn about traffic safety with Penny and the KidVision Kids at Safety Town! A police officer shows and tells us about traffic signs, we learn wearing a helmet is good bike safety, we ride bikes around Safety Town following all the traffic and bike rules. Included are links to lesson plans and assessments. [9:01]

Skipping is a big part of a young student's readiness to move on to other activities, such as reading. This activity will give students opportunities to develop their skipping skills.

This Kindergarten through 5th grade activity is based on the popular game show, Minute to Win It! Students form into groups of 4-5 and perform various exercises for one minute in order to gain points. [7:17]

Mister Chris has finished his farm chores, and now he's ready for an adventure full of music and friends. Join him at the orchard to find out how honeybees turn apple blossoms into apples, then dance at the barn concert! [2:42]

Mister Chris sings the song I'm a Tree, inviting children to be trees. Our feet are roots that help us stand tall. Our arms are branches that we stretch to the sky, and our fingers are leaves. We stretch down to our roots as the leaves fall off the trees in the fall and stretch back up as the leaves. [0:56]

Inviting children to join, Mister Chris sings and models warming up our hands, then using our warm hands to "warm up" our shoulders, knees, and feet. This activity helps to center children in their body, stretch, as well as identify different body parts. [1:00]

Calculate the sum of the two cards on the screen to find out how many repetitions of each exercise to do. Then exercise along with the kids in the video to improve your mental math skills and fitness level at the same time. [5:34]

Calculate the sum of the addends on the screen to find out how many repetitions of each exercise to do. Then exercise along with the kids in the video to improve your mental math skills and fitness level at the same time. [9:50]

Move and play with these activities from Peg + Cat! From playing hide and seek and imagining pirate stories to dancing like Misty Copeland, you will find a treasure of fun ideas in these five printable activities.

Psychology is designed to meet scope and sequence requirements for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of core concepts, grounded in both classic studies and current and emerging research. The text also includes coverage of the DSM-5 in examinations of psychological disorders. Psychology incorporates discussions that reflect the diversity within the discipline, as well as the diversity of cultures and communities across the globe.Senior Contributing AuthorsRose M. Spielman, Formerly of Quinnipiac UniversityContributing AuthorsKathryn Dumper, Bainbridge State CollegeWilliam Jenkins, Mercer UniversityArlene Lacombe, Saint Joseph's UniversityMarilyn Lovett, Livingstone CollegeMarion Perlmutter, University of Michigan

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

Describe the stages of prenatal development and recognize the importance of prenatal care
Discuss physical, cognitive, and emotional development that occurs from infancy through childhood
Discuss physical, cognitive, and emotional development that occurs during adolescence
Discuss physical, cognitive, and emotional development that occurs in adulthood

This Kindergarten through 2nd grade Kids in Motion activity is an exciting and relatable fitness activity about something all children understand- the school day! In this activity, students will focus on bending, exercising and stretching. Using various psychomotor skills, students act out their morning from waking up, eating, brushing their teeth, meeting up with friends and getting to school! This lesson focuses largely on psychomotor skills. [5:42]

In this Kindergarten through 5th grade video, students have fun in fitness as they follow along with their teacher to perform various exercises and stretches found in the different seasons. Doingactivities like playing baseball and cross-country skiing, students learn about the varyingseasons and a variety of seasonal physical activities. [9:39]

In this interactive Kindergarten through 2nd grade activity, literacy and exercise unite! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words. The use of their creativity and imaginations is encouraged so students can also identify how to make their bodies long, round, wide and narrow. [2:38]

In this Kindergarten through 5th grade Kids in Motion video, students learn about fitness and sports. Students follow along with their teacher to perform exercises that can be found in all different sports. [12:59]

This interactive Kindergarten through 5th grade activity allows students to learn survival skills while using psychomotor and listening skills! Students follow along with their teacher as they act out the important survival skills they would need as if they were on a deserted island. [8:52]