Moving and Groving --gross motor

Today we are working  more on gross motor skills.  We did some squatting to stand, up and down.  Work those muscle and build our blance.

We held a bean bag up high and made Adeline reach up for it and then squat to put the bean bag in the bucket.  No dropping to a sit.  If your child is not a stander yet this also work great while sitting on a stool.

Next,  I want to get Adeline ready to walk on a row of telephone books.  The telephone books serve as a wide balance beam.  They do need to be taped well with duck tape.  This activity builds muscles to improve the gait.  Today I just want Adeline to stand on one book.  Oh, she did not like it but I did distract her a little with her hoop waving.

We switched to two books to do our waving.  She feels a little better about that.

  
Another skill I want to prepare Adeline for is to walk on a line of masking tape on the floor.  This also works the gait.  So today we walked a line of paper.  She thought this was fun.  As she becomes a better walker I can add some things to challenge her more.  Such as turns and curves and slopes or bumps, for now this is good.