Venue: HEADS Training Centre, Hadrian School, Newcastle upon Tyne
Date: Future dates to be confirmed (9.30am – 3.30pm)
Cost: £125.00 per delegate (includes lunch and refreshments)
What is Jabadao and Developmental Movement Play (DMP) for Early Years (0-6 years)
Developmental Movement Play (DMP) is concerned with children’s full-bodied, wholehearted physical responses to the whole of their everyday lives and learning. It is a model – and a framework – developed over an eleven year period with the participation of 82 early years practitioners as research partners.
What will you learn as part of the course:
- simple developmental movement theory explaining why and how early movement plays an important role in child development
- how this supports many areas of the curriculum, not just physical development
- the kinds of movement that support different aspects of development and learning
- critical appraisal of the things that hinder children from getting what they need physically and ways to overcome these
- the need for fundamental changes in attitude and understanding in order to make a real difference to ways children can inhabit their bodies
- the value of a child-led, play-based approach to ensure each child gets what they need
- a framework to hold all this information in a simple way, and to support observation, planning and assessment
- the difference between a developmental approach and a standard PE or adult-led approach
- the concept of a ‘helpful adult’ who creates opportunities for children through the environment, resources and experiences they create
- ways to create environments, resources and experiences that support each child’s developmental needs through a child-led, play-based approach
- the importance of movement observation
- the importance of working in partnership – parents, early years settings and schools