Encourage Physical Activity in Preschoolers.

Dr. Steve Sanders, a professor university of South Florida started the webinar by introducing himself, then he discussed the ideas and the slides. 
the first one was a quote by Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why "you can't stop the future, you can't rewind the past, The only way to learn the secret ... is to press play"
then he highlighted the importance of teaching our children the loco-motor skills: the uneven rhythm loco-motor skills like skip, gallop and slide. Plus the even rhythm loco-motor skills for example: walk, run, jump, hop, and leap. 
After that Dr. Steve explains the skills of traveling in the National Standards For Physical Activity. the movement skill of traveling is referenced in the National Association for Sport and Physical Education's National Standards (NASPE 2004). Moreover, children achieve mature forms of the basic loco-motor skills and vary the manner i which these skills are performed in relation to changing conditions and expectations. According to Dr. Steve infants first capable of changing the location for their bodies at about three months of age, when they turn over from their backs onto their stomach, they will soon learn to crawl and about year 1 they will tray to take the first step, so the basic loco-motor patterns develop naturally in most children. our role as parents and teachers is to keep them safe. The importance of traveling; is is clear that motor skills development is more than moving muscles, manipulating objects and traveling through space, but is also have implications for curricular and instructional directions.  He added that researchers have discovered that "back-to-steep" begun in 1992 to protect infant from SIDS and other threats to infant health, has led to an unfortunate trend- some parents are placing their infants on their backs during walking periods. as a result infants who spend more walking hours on their backs may actually experience motor delays.
One idea that attracted my attention is the emergence of some specific traveling skills may have influence on language development, so walking infants show more vocabularies than crawling infants.
We should give cues which are simply short phrases or words that focus the learner on the critical elements of the skill to be practical. 
Moreover, to present the loco-motor activities we should motivate them and practice it everyday, set boundaries, demonstrate the cues for each skill, and place children in variety of situations so they can practice in different context. 
Dr. Steve explained the importance of chasing, fleeing and dodging activities. From the very past children have delighted in countless chasing, fleeing and dodging games. He also gave a cue for each type. Note: adults are responsible for children's safety.
finally he talked about the basic tag guidelines for example to unfreeze a player, another player must do something to unfreeze the frozen player.
As teachers and parents we should take these ideas into consideration and try as much as possible to help them by following what he said. 
It was a great experience.