![]() Methods: Employing qualitative methods, data were collected via a parent/caregiver survey and program staff focus groups in Rock Island, Illinois. Faculty and staff also reported that there were few barriers related to the implementation and sustainability of IMIL use in childcare settings.Ībstract = "Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived impact of I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) on physical activity (PA) levels, along with family and community involvement in a Head Start program in Illinois. The participants perceived that the use of IMIL helped parents/caregivers and their children become healthier, by improving the whole family’s activity levels. Conclusions: Participants in the study reported that IMIL contributed to increased levels of PA and family/community involvement. A positive impact also was reported regarding 6 types of family involvement (parenting, communicating, decision making, volunteering, community collaboration, and learning at home). Results: IMIL was perceived to have made an impact in several areas including knowledge, health-related behaviors, and supportive school and home environments. A quick-view is printed on the inside cover.Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the perceived impact of I am Moving, I am Learning (IMIL) on physical activity (PA) levels, along with family and community involvement in a Head Start program in Illinois. This collection includes 19 English songs and 5 instrumental versions. The activities focus on listening skills, physical coordination, motor skills, team work, body identification, and following instructions. Take a walk, dance a hoedown, shake your boom boom, follow the leader, play charades, act like animals in a zoo, imitate a sport, toss and catch, stretch like a lazy cat, and more. These action-packed fine & gross motor songs for young children can be used to promote imaginative play, but you can also introduce props such as scarves and laces. Recommended for age Preschool thru 1st grade Guest singers: Robert Picardo (The Doctor), and Ethan Phillips (Neelix) from the popular Star Trek: Voyager TV series. A quick-view is printed on the inside cover. Includes 18 English songs and 5 Spanish versions, from the award-winning producers of the popular “Smart Songs” music series. The activities focus on listening skills, physical coordination, motor skills, team work, body identification, and following simple instructions. With the use of engaging lyrics and movement, children learn specific concepts as they step on the colored stones, form letters with laces, find the shapes, keep a ball or scarf up in the air, play in an imaginary band, dance freeze, chug down the train track, build a bridge faster, and more. These action-packed fine & gross motor "cue & response" songs for young children promote imaginative play, but can also be used with props such as cones, balls, ropes, or laces on select songs. Contact the publisher ( | Russ InVision Co.) directly for quotes, orders, and discounted pricing. Guest singer: Tim Russ (Tuvok) from the TV series, Star Trek: Voyager.īulk Orders: This title is available in bulk for early childhood nutrition and physical activity programs, conferences, non-profit initiatives, licensing, or grants that promote healthy active lifestyles, fruits and vegetables, gardening, farm to table, STEM initiatives, and anti-obesity. A quick-view guide is printed on the inside cover. Includes 16 English songs, with 7 Spanish versions. ![]() This is your go-to source to help give the brain a break during training by introducing physical activity breaks for online classes, early childhood conferences and training, workshops, or webinars. These are physical musical activities for distance learning at home, child care facilities, after school programs, preschools, day care centers, kindergarten classes, or rainy day recesses. Children are kept moving while they play circle games, crawl, ride that rope, build a bridge (slowly), find the colors, discover body parts, stand and sit, stack, and more. Wow! Both individual and groups of young children can’t get enough of these fine & gross motor "cue & response" songs that can be used with props such as cones, balls, and ropes, or just to encourage imaginative play. ![]() ![]() ![]() > Recommended in Early Childhood Today Magazine, Oct. WINNER! 2004 Parents' Choice Approved Award ![]()
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