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We at KidzActive, specialize in aiding the growth of Gross Motor Skills in young children.
Gross motor (physical) skills are those which require whole body movement and which involve the large (core stabilizing) muscles of the body to perform everyday functions, such as standing, walking, running, and sitting upright. It also includes eye-hand coordination skills such as ball skills (throwing, catching, kicking).
What are the building blocks necessary to develop gross motor skills?
Muscular strength: The ability to exert force against resistance.
Muscular endurance: The ability of a muscle or group of muscles to exert force repeatedly against resistance.
Motor (muscle) planning: The ability to move the body with appropriate sequencing and timing to perform bodily movements with refined control.
Motor learning: A change in motor (muscle) behaviour resulting from practice or past experience.
Postural control: The ability to stabilize the trunk and neck to enable coordination of other limbs.
Sensory processing: Accurate registration, interpretation and response to sensory stimulation in the environment and one’s own body.
Body awareness: Knowing body parts and understanding the body’s movement in space in relation to other limbs and objects.
Balance: The ability to maintain position whether that is static, dynamic (moving) or rotational.
Coordination: Ability to integrate multiple movements into efficient movement.
Crossing Mid-line: The ability to cross the imaginary line running from the child’s nose to pelvis that divides the body into left and right sides.
Proprioception: This is information that the brain receives from our muscles and joints to make us aware of body position and body movement.
Muscle Tone: The resting muscle tension of a muscle which is the continuous and passive partial contraction of the muscles.
We are here to help your child achieve all of the above, while still having fun.
For Nursery School owners, we offer services whereas we come to your school once a week and help the children grow their gross motor kills with various games and activities. We have a wide range of equipment to ensure full physical movement and a lot of fun.
We also offer services for kids parties - we know kids tend to get rather bored and the last thing the parents feel like doing is trying to entertain. Look no further, we are here to take that stress off your shoulders with fun games, activities and prizes.
