Posts By: Cullen Wood

When a child kicks a ball it helps improves the child’s gross motor skills, balance and foot-eye coordination. How to teach or work on kicking a ball Use a big soft ball to start. Show the child how you kick a ball. Children are wonderful at modeling your behavior. Roll the ball to child’s foot… Read more »

Hopping on one foot demonstrates a child has improved their gross motor skills, has found their center of balance, and has developed sufficient strength and coordination. How to work on hopping on one foot: Show child how to stand on one foot. Make it fun and silly. Face your child and let them hold your… Read more »

When a child can draw something that resembles a person it tells you the child is aware of others around them and pays attention to detail. Tips: Talk with the child about the different parts of a person. Have the child look in a mirror and talk about the head, eyes, nose and mouth.  Talk… Read more »

Using scissors helps improves fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination and bilateral coordination (being able to use both sides of their body together to perform a task). To work on scissor manipulation and improve scissor use first make sure you have scissors that are good for a child. Scissors come in all sizes so make sure… Read more »