Let us go out and run!

A study of how teachers are using the movement in preschool. In this essay I will demonstrate how kindergarten teachers included movement during their daily activities. Preschool teachers must follow regimented curriculum that makes their work important. During my four preschool observations and interviews; I have used the phenomenological theory; which is the understanding of how humans act in social surroundings, as well as the theological concept movement plan described by Maurice Merleau-Ponty. During my observations I have found that teachers seem to want to be outside more than inside. I noticed that the environment sometimes is in the way of the children’s movement. The children can run freely outside versus inside, where they had to run around arrangement of furniture. Another issue was the number of kids in a group. This is a big factor to why they can’t move around inside as easily. The teachers created therefore smaller groups to increase learning experience and distraction. I found that movement in preschool is highly recommended and will improve children’s motor skills. The teachers wish that there were better spaces for movement, but do the best to take advantage of the environment they already have.