24. Week
This week we will continue to improve hand-eye coordination and coordination of movement. We will also focus on visual perception, graphomotor skills and auditory perception. The ability to hear has a significant impact on the development of speech and thinking skills. The level of speech development is closely linked to the level of thinking development. If auditory discrimination is impaired, it can affect the learning process itself. But last week I also promised you the "Bouncy ball" exercise. So, grab your ball and let's do it!
Video, download and description of exercises
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Bouncy ball
Have the child stand at a distance of roughly 2 meters away from a wall. He tosses a ball towards the wall, allows it to rebound off the floor once, and then catches it again.
Goal:
Improve coordination of movement
Improve perception
Improve eye movement fluency
Improve concentration
Improve hand-eye coordination.
I’m a little teapot
I'm a Little Teapot is an American children's song originally written by George Harold Sanders and Clarence Z. Kelley and published in 1939.
I'm a little teapot,
Short and stout,
Here is my handle (Put one hand on hip)
Here is my spout (Extend other arm out sideways)
When I get all steamed up,
Hear me shout,
Tip me over and pour me out! (Bend body towards extended arm)
I'm a very special teapot,
Yes, it's true,
Here's an example of what I can do,
I can turn my handle into a spout, (Switch position of arms and hands)
Tip me over and pour me out! (Bend body in opposite direction)
Goal:
Improve auditory perception
Improve rhythm and rhyming and vocabulary
Improve memory
Improve gross motori and fine motor skills
Improve listening skills and ability to follow instructions
Improve concentration
Improve balance and coordination
What’s wrong?
Use the attachments. On each line, one picture is different from the others. Can you find which one? The first part is easy, the picture is really different. The next tasks are harder, the pictures are just flipped on their axis. Talk with your child about the differences.
On the first and second day, use Attachment I. If the child notices that the task is the same and remembers the task well, on the next day (Day 3) give him the tasks from Attachment II and on Day 4 use Attachment III. Then repeat the tasks, so on day 5 use Attachment II again and on day 6 use Attachment III. If the child doesn't notice that the task is the same on Day 2, or still finds it difficult to find a picture that is different from the others, give him the tasks from Appendix II on Days 3 and 4 and use the tasks from Attachment III on Days 5 and 6.
Goal:
Improve visual perception
Improve storytelling
Improve logical reasoning
Waves
Use the attachments. Draw smooth waves.
Goal:
Improve graphomotor skills
Improve hand-eye coordination.
Parrot
Say 4-6 words, the child repeats them.
For example: dog, cat, swan, fish, giraffe. Or boat, sun, sand, flower, lemonade. The words don't have to be related.
Goal:
Improve auditory memory.
You can do auditory memory activities at any time, e.g., in the car or on a walk. It is an important skill, for example, so that a child can do dictation exercise well at school or remember what the teacher said. So next week we will continue improving auditory perception.