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Posted on Oct 25, 2012
Working on Gross Motor Skills
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Working on Gross Motor Skills
Although Children’s health month is coming to an end soon, it doesn’t mean that the fun should stop! We highly encourage that you continue to get your kids active and working on those gross motor skills!
What are gross motor skills? Gross motor skills are the abilities required in order to control the large muscles of the body that are used for walking, running, sitting, crawling and other activities.They develop over a relatively short period of time, with most of the development occurring during childhood. Encouraging gross motor skills simply requires a safe, open play space, peers to interact with and some adult supervision.There are a number of activities parents can have children do to help develop gross motor skills. These include:
What are gross motor skills? Gross motor skills are the abilities required in order to control the large muscles of the body that are used for walking, running, sitting, crawling and other activities.They develop over a relatively short period of time, with most of the development occurring during childhood. Encouraging gross motor skills simply requires a safe, open play space, peers to interact with and some adult supervision.There are a number of activities parents can have children do to help develop gross motor skills. These include:- Activities that encourage balancing (jump rope, hop scotch)
- Activities that develop hand-eye or foot-eye coordination (baseball, football, soccer—anything that involves catching, kicking or throwing a ball)
- Hopping with a small object in-between their knees and jumping forwards, backwards and sideways.
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Posted on Oct 11, 2012
Here's a Strange Thought Ever thought of how many miles our nervous system would be if we were to line them up from end to end?
Here's our Fun Fact of the Day: The human body has 45 miles of nerves.Forty-three pairs of nerves connect the central nervous system to every part of the body. Twelve pairs go to and from the brain, and 31 go from the spinal cord.
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Here's a Strange Thought Ever thought of how many miles our nervous system would be if we were to line them up from end to end?
Here's our Fun Fact of the Day: The human body has 45 miles of nerves.Forty-three pairs of nerves connect the central nervous system to every part of the body. Twelve pairs go to and from the brain, and 31 go from the spinal cord. READ MORE
Posted on Oct 9, 2012
Feet First!
Here's another fun fact for you: There are 206 bones in the human body. One fourth of them are in your feet!The muscles in our feet are too often overlooked. Think about all the things you do on your feet. Can you imagine life without them? Take a minute out of your day to appreciate them and all the hard work they go through by treating yourself to a foot massage. Better yet, spend some time bonding with your spouse, your kids, or even a friend and have a foot massaging party! You'll be surprised how much better you'll feel when you start taking care of yourself from the bottom up.
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Feet First!
Here's another fun fact for you: There are 206 bones in the human body. One fourth of them are in your feet!The muscles in our feet are too often overlooked. Think about all the things you do on your feet. Can you imagine life without them? Take a minute out of your day to appreciate them and all the hard work they go through by treating yourself to a foot massage. Better yet, spend some time bonding with your spouse, your kids, or even a friend and have a foot massaging party! You'll be surprised how much better you'll feel when you start taking care of yourself from the bottom up. READ MORE
