Locomotor and

Non-locomotor
Movement
 We can move our body in many ways.
We are able to move that make us go from one place There are some movements that we can do while
to another. we are staying on one place.

We can be in different place when we move our feet This is when we are stretching our arms upward
forward or backward. and squatting.

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The actions that make us move from one place to
another is called locomotor movements.

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Here are some examples of locomotor:

Skip — move along by stepping from one foot to the

other with a loop

Jump — pushing up with both feet and taking

off into the air

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 Leap — jump or spring a long way

Slide — move along a surface

without lifting the feet

Hop — move by jumping one foot

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An action without motion is called non-locomotion.
We do not go to other place as we move.

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Here are examples of non-locomotor movements:

Rock or sway — shift of the body weight forward,

backward, side to side, or in a circular
motion

Stretch — extending a body part or the

whole body

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 Turn — to face another direction

Swing —moving a body part

forward and backward or
side to side.

Twist —a partial rotation of

a body part

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 Wiggle — a small or big, fast or
slow curvy movement of
a body part or the whole body.

Shake —a short, quick vibrating

movement of a body part
or the whole body

Bend — folding of a body part at a joint

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Activity:
Fill in the blanks on each sentence
given the a and b choices.

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 1. The boy is _______ his body.
a. stretching
b. swinging

2. It is a _______ movement.
a. locomotor
b. non-locomotor

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 3. The boy is _______.
a. bending
b. hopping

4. It is a _______ movement.
a. locomotor
b. non-locomotor

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 5. The girl is _______ her body.
a. wiggling
b. skipping

6. It is a _______ movement.
a. locomotor
b. non-locomotor

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 Make a Video that show locomotor and non-
locomotor movement.

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