26. Week
Welcome to the final month of our exercise program together! With school starting soon, we have planned a "cat" week where we will learn a cat-themed poem and continue to practice the cat exercise. However, this time, the cat will be portrayed as curious, making the exercises slightly more challenging.
Video, download and description of exercises
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Little cat
Move and say/sing:
Here´s a little cat (do what a cat does- walk around, maybe sit and lick the hand)
Looking fine and fat (show with your hands how fat)
Sitting on a mat (sit down)
Playing with a hat (take a “hat” from your head)
Give the cat a pat (pat yourself on the schoulder)
She’ll be pleased with that (look pleased 😊)
Goal:
Improve (auditory) memory
Improve focus.
Curious Cat
We will be practicing with the same cat from last week, but with an added challenge. This time, every time the child looks forward and shifts their centre of gravity, they will attempt to reach for a toy. As a result, they will only have one arm and their legs to support themselves with. Please ensure that the child does not arch their back during the exercise.
Goal:
Improve coordination of movement
Strengthen deep trunk muscles
Inhibit symmetrical tonic neck reflex (if it persists).
Angels in the Snow
Angels in the Snow is and exercise that needs to be smoothly developed in order for a child to develop good cognitive control over the large muscles in their arms and legs, and for both sides of the brain to work together to control these muscles (mid-line crossing)
Have the child lay on the floor on his/her back with the hands by his/her sides and the legs together
Ask the child to move both of their arms out away from his/her body, keeping them straight, and bring them flat along the floor until the fingertips meet above his/her head. Then let him/her move the arms back again
Now ask the child to move both of his/her legs out away from the centre along the floor, and back again
Move let him/her move the arms and legs in ones up and down in a sweeping motion, creating the shape of an angel.
You can also try another variation - try to move just one leg, or just right leg and left arm or when the arms are away from the body, the legs are together and vice versa.
Goal:
Improve coordination of movement
Improve body perception.
One line drawing
Use the attachments. Draw pictures in one line
Goal:
Improve graphomotor skills
Improve hand-eye coordination
Complete the missing part.
Use the attachment. Draw one picture every day.
Goal:
Improve fine motor skills
Improve visual perception.
We are approaching the end of the program, and your child is soon to become a schoolchild! However, we still have some time to fine-tune his/her auditory perception. As previously explained, having difficulty discriminating between sounds can have a negative impact on the learning process, including the acquisition of reading and writing skills.