- Definition
Locomotor movement is any way your child moves their body to get from one spot to another, like walking, running, or hopping.
Walking from the door to the window is a locomotor movement.
How to teach this in 30 seconds
Try this analogy: Locomotor movement is like driving a toy car from one side of the room to the other.
Ask your child: How many different ways can you travel across this room?
Common mix-up: Kids may think any movement counts, like wiggling in place. Locomotor movement is specifically about traveling from one point to another.
Examples
- Skipping across the playground.
- Galloping like a horse from one end of the gym to the other.
- Rolling like a log across the grass.
locomotor movement is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
Where this shows up
- Grade 1 The Arts
- Grade 2 The Arts
- Grade 1 Health and Physical Education
- Grade 2 Health and Physical Education
- Grade 3 Health and Physical Education
- Grade 4 Health and Physical Education
+5 more mentions across the curriculum
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