Motor Skill Learning for 4-5 year olds: Week 3, Gross Motor Skills for Children\r<br>Subscribe to:\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>Twitter: @gamesforkidsund\r<br>Please like them, comment or share the videos \r<br>\r<br>1. Reion\r<br>\r<br>1. Hold 2 balloons at about shoulder height and drop one of them.\r<br>2. Your child has to re quick enough to catchit before it drops on the floor.\r<br>3. Hold the balloons at your waist height to increasethe challenge.\r<br>4. Then try to use smaller balloons to further increase the challenge.\r<br>5. Initially hold the smaller balloons high up in the air again to give your child enough reion time.\r<br>6. the key is to adjust the size of the balloons that your child can catch at lead once within the first 5-7 tries\r<br>\r<br>2. Differentiation\r<br>\r<br>1. Throw a ball overhand through an open doorfrom a few meters away.\r<br>2. Once your child is successful, have it move one stepfurther back.\r<br>3. See how far they can move away from the doorand still be successful throwing it through the door.\r<br>4. Have your child stand sideways to throw overhead.\r<br>5. Initially have them start fairly close to the doorto be successful quickly.\r<br>6. Now for differentiation, throw the ball over a wallthrough the door.\r<br>7. It is challenging at this young age, go very closeto decrease the challenge.\r<br>8. Another differentiation: throw a frisbeethrough the door.\r<br>9. Your child should stand sideways to throw the frisbeeand not facing the door.\r<br>10. Start from close to the door and move your way further back.\r<br>\r<br>3. Balance\r<br>\r<br>1. Walk along a line, one step after another\r<br>without stepping off it and maintaining balance.\r<br>2. Your child should keep both feet on the line.\r<br>3. Try to change direction along a line to increase\r<br>the challenge.\r<br>4. Define a certain distance to cover to\r<br>successfully pass the exercise.\r<br>\r<br>4. Orientation\r<br>\r<br>1. Throw up a scarf above your childs head.\r<br>2. Your child then has to spin 360 degrees and catch the scarf before it drops on the floor.\r<br>3. Your child should not look up untill after they havespun around 360 degrees.\r<br>4. Catch the scarf 5 times spinning around clockwise,then 5 times counter clockwise.\r<br>\r<br>5. Rhythm \r<br>\r<br>1. Start with one foot on top of a soccer or basketball.\r<br>2. Jump to the opposite side with the inside foot tapping\r<br>the top of the ball and continue jumping sideways.\r<br>3. Start slowly first with stopping after every jump.\r<br>4. Speed it up and try to gain a rhythm.\r<br>5. To decrease the challenge, let some air out of the balls.\r<br>\r<br>6. Hand - eye coordination\r<br>\r<br>1. Squeeze a balloon out of your hand to then catch with both hands.\r<br>2. Squeezing it out of your hand is great for fine motor skills.\r<br>3. Squeeze the balloon strait up to have sufficient time to catch it.\r<br>4. Try squeezing the balloon with both your left and right hand.\r<br>\r<br>7. Physical ivity\r<br>\r<br>1. Jump with both feet simultaneously onto empty card boxes untill they are flat.\r<br>2. Use card boxes big enough for kids to have to jump high up in the air.\r<br>3. Get a couple of card boxes of different heights ready for kids to crush several.\r<br>4. Make the boxes completely flat, ready for recycling.\r<br>5. Teach your child the concept of recycling.
