What is Munch and Move?
Munch & Move is a fun play-based program that supports the healthy development of children from birth to 5 years of age attending centre based Early Childhood and Education and Care (ECEC) services and Family Day Care (FDC) services across NSW.
What are some fundamental movement skills?
Fundamental movement skills categories include:
- Balance skills – Movements where the body remains in place, but moves around its horizontal and vertical axes.
- Locomotor skills – such as running, jumping, hopping, and galloping.
- Ball skills – such as catching, throwing, kicking, underarm roll and striking.
Who runs Munch move?
the NSW Department of Health
Munch and Move was funded by the NSW Department of Health and designed for large-scale implementation across NSW, initially in 900 preschools; to be followed by a second implementation phase across 2,000 long day care centers.
Why is Munch and move important?
Establishing sound eating and activity habits from an early age gives children the best chance of leading a healthy life and maintaining a healthy weight. Munch & Move supports the NSW Government’s priority of preventing childhood overweight and obesity.
What are the three fundamental movement skills?
Fundamental movement skills can be categorised into three groups: body management skills, locomotor skills and object control skills.
What are the fundamental skills of arnis?
Terms in this set (7)
- Arnis.
- Grip.
- Handa.
- Pugay.
- Handa sa Paglaban/Fighting Stance.
- Forward Stance.
- Backward Stance.
What do you need to know about Munch and move?
What is Munch & Move? Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) are a specific set of gross motor skills that involve different body parts. These skills are the building blocks for more complex skills that children will learn throughout their lives to competently participate in games, sports and recreational activities.
How to teach fundamental movement skills to children?
Using bright colours, a few cute ‘monsters’ and their friends, the Mini Moves Activity Pack has been designed to assist Early Childhood Educators in teaching Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) to children (aged 2 – 5 years) in a fun and engaging way. Download the activity pack and get started!
Which is the best resource for movement skills?
FMS with Franky and Friends : A fundamental movement skills resource for pre-schoolers 3-5 years (PDF 12.6MB) Play with me! Fun moves for 0 to 3 years (PDF 3.4MB)
How to use FMS in the Munch and move program?
Like all elements of the Munch & Move program, FMS can be embedded throughout the whole service. Here are a few ideas to get FMS happening at your service: Get ideas for FMS experiences and games. Encourage different FMS throughout transition times and everyday games and routines. I.e. Duck, Duck, Goose including skipping/ leaping/hopping
