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Coordination Round-Up

August 6, 2020 by Stacy Menz

This round-up is a work in progress of our posts on how movement develops and is learned, as well as areas of movement challenge for kids. These concepts can be applied to babies first learning to move as well as older kids who are learning new skills. We also look at more complex skills and break them down. Make sure you book mark this post and check back as we continue to add to it!

Also check out our Coordination Activities Product where we break down 12 different childhood skills!

Learning Movement:

  • Stages of Motor Learning (and strategies to improve acquisition of motor skills)
  • Overview of Motor Control
  • The Pieces of Motor Planning
  • Motor Planning 101
  • Maximizing How Kids Learn Movement
  • Practice Makes Perfect
  • Repetition and the Beauty of Redo
  • Muscle Memory and Movement
  • More Please – Repetition for Skill Mastery
  • Fine Tuning Motor Control
  • Furniture Glider Fun – Working on Motor Control
  • 3 Tips to Encourage the Non-Preferred Side
  • 3 Cues for Movement
  • Grading Muscle Control

Skills:

  • Transitional Movements
  • Skipping
  • Galloping
  • Hopscotch
  • Bike Riding
  • What Does Your Child Need to Learn to Ride a Bike?
  • Learning How to Ride a Bike
  • How to Practice Bike Riding Without a Bike
  • Weight Shifting for Kids with Coordination Challenges
  • Weight Shifting and Trunk Elongation
  • Using a Hula Hoop for Weight Shifting
  • Ideas to Encourage Standing Weight Shift
  • Find the Bucket
  • Activities to Increase Coordination
  • Jumping Jacks
  • Practicing Underhand Throwing
  • Maintaining Supination for Underhand Throwing
  • Practicing Overhand Throwing
  • Dribbling a Ball
  • Ball Dribbling
  • Practicing Catching
  • Early Kicking Skills
  • Tips for Kicking

Autism:

  • Autism and Gross Motor Skills
  • Motor Skills and Autism

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