Fine motor skills
Slalom
Educational objective
- Work simultaneously on movement speed and balance.
- Development of proprioception and racket control (The Pancake griddle).
- Make the child acquire independence and make him perform several tasks at once to enable him to sectorise his actions (The Scale).
Equipment
- 6 cones (or 6 stakes).
- Rackets, foam balls and goggles for each child.
Action
- Put 6 cones (or 6 stakes) in the playing area, each one meter apart.
- The floor being slippery, the child evolves into socks.
- The child goes back and forth as fast as possible in side strides.
Evolutions
- Move cones away from each other (easier) or closer (harder).
- Add a target to aim at the end of the trip.
- Combined with a work of the upper limbs (The Pancake griddle, The Scale, …).
- In dual race or relay.
Fine motor skills
Hurdle race
Educational objective
- Work simultaneously on movement speed and balance.
- Development of proprioception and racket control (The Pancake griddle).
- Make the child acquire independence and make him perform several tasks at once to enable him to sectorise his actions (The Pancake griddle).
Equipment
- 6 cones.
- Rackets, foam balls and goggles for each child.
Action
- Put 6 cones in the playing area, each one meter apart.
- The floor being slippery, the child evolves into socks.
- The child goes back and forth as fast as possible, always passing the same leg over each cone.
Evolutions
- Move cones away from each other (easier) or closer (harder).
- Make sure there is enough space between the cones to keep the child’s rhythm.
- Combined with a work of the upper limbs (The Pancake griddle).
- In dual race or relay.
Fine motor skills
Relay with balls
Educational objective
- Development of precision and of movement speed with a task to be completed at the end of the race.
- Have the child acquire independence and make him perform several tasks at once, to enable him to sectorize his actions (the Boiled egg combined with the Chinese hat).
Equipment
- 5 cones, 5 balls, basketball or volleyball.
- 10 cups, 10 foam balls, 1 cup (Chinese hat) and goggles for each child.
Action
- Put 5 cones in the playing area, each one meter apart.
- Let 5 balls on the ground, in the nearest corner.
- The floor being slippery, the child evolves into socks.
- The child takes a ball and places it on top of the 1st cone and so on.
Evolutions
- Move cones away from each other (harder) or closer (easier).
- In dual race or relay with 2 lines of 5 cups and as many foam balls (the Boiled egg combined with the Chinese hat).
Fine motor skills
Jumping
Educational objective
- Strengthening muscle tonicity and concentration.
- Support foot research, balance and mobility control.
Equipment
- Goggles for the child.
- Jump course: 1 noodle for the start, 3 sets of steps (different heights), 1 lying cone, 1 basketball, 1 big plastic beach ball, 1 square cushion, 2 hurdles consisting of 2 cones with a relaxed rope, 1 balance cushion, 1 noodle for the arrival.
Action
- Build a varied jump course on the playground.
- The child evolves in shoes.
- The child cross over all the obstacles by jumping, except for the balance cushion.
Evolutions
- Bounce a ball through the playing area to distract the child during his course (harder).
- Lower the height and size of the obstacles (easier).
Fine motor skills
The race in eight
Educational objective
- Strengthening muscle tonicity and concentration.
- Movements variation so the child is not limited and restrictive in his races of future player.
Equipment
- 2 cones.
Action
- Put 2 cones each 1.5 m apart on the playground.
- The child evolves in shoes.
- The child performs loops as quickly as possible in side steps between and around the 2 cones, so as to draw an eight.
Evolutions
- Move cones away from each other (easier) or closer (harder).
Fine motor skills – Trajectories
Race and throw
Educational objective
- Work on movement speed with a task to be completed at the end of the race.
- Arm speed dosing and accompaniment of the ball.
Equipment
- 1 cone and goggles for the child. Balls (squash, racketball, table tennis, tennis, pala, paleta, foam, etc).
Action
- Place 3 cones each 1.5 m apart in the front wall, install a base filled with several types of balls, 4 m behind the midline or the throwing line.
- The children evolve in shoes, each one has a cone.
- The child goes back and forth as quickly as possible between the base and the midline, from where he throws each ball (from below) towards his cone.
- When balls supply is exhausted, the child whose cone is the most filled, has won.
Evolutions
- Throw with the non-prefered hand (harder). Use one type of balls (easier).