From birth until we die we are constantly moving our bodies.
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| We have gross motor skills. |
Fine Motor Skills.
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Fine motor skill allow us to write, grasp, pick up objects or throw them.
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Some children have good coordination in their gross and fine movements others don't.
For some writing is a piece of cake and for others is a nightmare.
If we see that our child has difficulties in writing here are a few tips and exercises to help him develop these skills.
These tips can help any child, I used my expertise in the area of children with Down Syndrome.
Children with Down Syndrome suffer from sensory processing disorder as well. Because their muscle tone is poor, they also have problems focusing while holding an object. It is important for them to improve their hand and eye coordination.
A great way to improve or develop these skills is by doing art.
Art activities are great to develop fine motor skills.
I wanted something fun, easy to find and inexpensive, and non toxic. It also had to be a great exercise for poor fine motor skills.
I decided to run a workshop; for my students in the special school.
We made dough from flour.
What a better way to do art and exercise them fingers than with dough.
WORKING WITH FLOUR
Working with flour is a great way to exercise the hands. The soft dough serves as an exercise ball. It can be moved from one hand to de other exercising their fingers.
It's great for the imagination too because you can experiment building different things over and over again.
Encourage your child to build different sizes of balls, roll out the clay and cut it with a plastic knife, let him use toothpick and use different things to decorate it or paint it.
Use knives, forks, spoons or any other object to cut or shape your dough
Using patterns is also great for the child.
He learns to shape and cut around the edges with a plastic knife.
This method helps the child focus on a specific area and all his attention is drawn to the object he is working with.
Let their imagination grow, tell the stories, talk about different things or just simply tell them......
PLAY, HAVE FUN, LET YOUR IMAGINATION GO AND MAKE SOMETHING YOU LOVE........
EXPRESS YOURSELF THROUGH ART
