29. Week
This week, we will be focusing on improving all of the essential areas, including coordination of movement, enhancing cooperation between the brain hemispheres, strengthening visual and auditory perception, refining graphomotor skills, and improving concentration.
I am confident that you and your child will excel in these activities, just as your child will excel in school very soon!
Video, download and description of exercises
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In the circus
Have the child stand and toss a bag of buckwheat, ball, or stuffed animal under their right foot and catches it with his/her left hand.
Then, he/she toss it with his/her left hand and catch it with his/her right hand.
Next, he/she toss it with the right hand and catch it with the right hand (this is more challenging).
Finally, he/she toss it with their left hand and catch it with their left hand.
Goal:
Improve coordination of movements
Improve hand-eye coordination
Improve balance
Improve the cooperation of the brain hemisphere
Do you remember?
Use the pictures of a memory game.
We will arrange the pictures in a row and have the child observe them. After a period of time, when the child feels comfortable with the order of the items, we will cover them.
The child will then try to place the second pair of pictures in the same order they were seen a moment ago.
Note: this activity is more challenging now we use pictures (2D) instead of things (3D)
Goal:
Improve the child's visual memory skills.
Spirals
Use the attachments. Draw spirals (the drawn spiral looks like the letter "e").
Goal:
Improve graphomotor skills.
W-o-r-d
Spelling is mainly for first graders, but you can also try it with a preschooler. But choose only short words (dog, cat, dad, ...). If your child can do this, know that he or she has an excellent level of auditory discrimination. If it's too hard, do it in syllables (two-syllable words). Try again occasionally during the first year at school.
Or try to break the words into letters - say d-o-g, the child says "dog!"
Goal:
Improve auditory perception.
Watch out!
During this activity, we will read a fairy tale and have the child clap every time they hear a pre-determined word. For instance, if the story is about cars, the child will clap every time they hear the word "car". After finishing the story or paragraph, we will ask the child to recall what the story was about by asking leading questions such as the color of the cars or where the characters went.
Goal:
Enhance the child's auditory perception
Improve focus.
Next week will be our last session of joint exercises! We should come up with an especially enjoyable activity to end on a high note!