I Can Go Up High Movement Song Are you in search of a quick movement activity that requires no equipment? Maybe the children that you work with need body awareness, motor planning, and coordination practice. You will want to download this freebie – I Can Go Up High Movement Song. This movement song challenges body […]
Fine Motor Skills and Reading Prior to kindergarten, fine motor skills are important for school readiness. Research indicates that fine motor skills play a role in cognition and language development. The Journal of Research in Reading recently investigated the relationship between fine motor skills and reading development in 144 kindergartners in Germany. Each child was […]
Rhythmic Auditory Cueing and Gait Rhythmic auditory cueing provides a uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat or accent to offer an external cue for to influence motor execution. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment published a research review to analyze the effects of rhythmic auditory cueing on spatiotemporal and kinematic parameters of gait in people with cerebral palsy. After reviewing […]
Fundamental Motor Skills, Executive Function Skills, and Reading Learning and Individual Differences published research on the association between fundamental motor skills, executive function skills, and reading. The study included 145 socioeconomically disadvantaged kindergarteners of diverse ethnicity. Each participant was assessed with the following: The Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function–Preschool Version to measure executive function skills, PE Metrics™ […]
Happy National Handwriting Day from a Handwriting Enthusiast Today, January 23rd is National Handwriting Day. It seems like a great occasion for a celebration (and cake), but quite frankly, handwriting has gotten a pretty bad rap! Its previous status as a central pillar of literacy has been tarnished, and it is now considered irrelevant, and […]
I Spy Exercise Movement and Visual Perceptual Activity Freebie Are you looking for a no-prep visual discrimination, visual motor, body awareness and exercise activity? Here is a one-page black and white I Spy Exercise activity for you (download the freebie at the end of the post). Print the activity and give to the child with […]
10 Essential Elements of an Effective Sensory Integration Session There are many factors that are part of an effective sensory integration session. To start off with you need a qualified, experienced pediatric occupational or physical therapist to provide a comprehensive evaluation. The physical environment should be set up with the proper equipment if needed. Communication […]
Exercise Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy Disability and Rehabilitation published a systemic review to determine the effectiveness of active exercise interventions for improving gross motor activity/participation of school-aged, ambulant/semi-ambulant children with cerebral palsy. The systemic review included 34 studies with seven interventions that reported on gross motor function although a limited number studied participation […]
10 FREE Winter Olympic Brain Break Ideas The Winter Olympics are quickly approaching. It’s a great time to add more movement into the classroom with brain breaks. These quick brain breaks can be highly motivating for the class during an Olympic year. Here are 10 FREE Winter Olympic brain break ideas: Downhill skiing – Pretend to downhill […]
Star Wars Brain Break Workout Do you know any children who love Star Wars? Why not add in some physical activity? This is a great, fun, NO-PREP one page FREE printable to get your Star Wars Brain Break Workout started! Children can follow along with each exercise below for a quick brain break or anytime […]