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notonlyinstudentsnotexpressingtheirthoughts,butalso teachers/coacheslosingcontrol. Results 1.Givingthechildrenachancetoknowtheirownbody,promoting balancedeatingandwell-shapedeverydaylife Toachievefitnesslevelandlivehealthylife,positivehabitsrelatedto nutrition,sanitation,safety,etc.arepromoted.Gamesandexerciseallow childrentoenjoyleisureandusecreativity.Thesehabitsteachthechildren abouttheimportanceofthehealthiness. 2.Expandingfinemotorskillsofthechildren Activitiesusingcoordinationbetweenbodypartsfacilitatesthe developmentofmind-bodycoordination.Also,fineandgrossmotorskills aredevelopedthroughactivities.Thechildlearnstocontrolone'sownbody partsandmusclesinvolvedinusingthembyactivitiessuchasrunning, crawling,jumping,jumpingoff,throwing,usingrhythmicmuscles,skipping, andalsolearningtostayhealthyandsafe. 3.Movingbodypartswithinthegivenmovementrange Keepingbalanceisanimportantpartofthebodilydevelopment. Developmentisperfectedbylearningtousebodypartswithinthegiven movementsphere.Thisexercisesdevelopdexterity,andchildrencanmove theirbodyinavarietyofways. 4.Developingcoordinationbetweensensualandphysicalpartofthebody Hand-eyecoordinationactivities,leg-eyecoordinationactivitiesalsoleads toactivitiescoordinatingwithears,andgivesthechildabilitytoadaptto differentsituationsusingdifferentsensesandbodyparts.Bythisphase,the childisnotrandomlymovingbodypart,butsensibly'using'one'sbody.