Passing and Gentle Tossing

Play a variety of circle or line games, like the relays above, where balls or beanbags are carefully passed from one player to another.

· Then upgrade to gentle tossing.

· Have the kids move one step away from each other and then gently toss the ball or beanbag to each other.

 

 

Suspended Ball Activities

· Push and Catch:

Your child needs to watch the ball carefully to catch it again with both hands together, and not to let it bang against the body.

· Bat and Ball:

Use a bat and have your child practise hitting the ball with the bat. Use a variety of bats to increase the challenge for your child.

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Suspended Ball Activities

Older kids can use the smaller balls (e.g. tennis balls) to increase the challenge. Have them push and catch the ball, or hit the ball with a bat as described in the activities for preschool kids.

 

For extra challenge, ask your child to clap or twirl between pushing and catching.

 

Ball-Wall Toss

· Ask the children to toss the ball against a wall and catch it again.

· See how many times children can catch the ball and keep a record of the best player.

 

Gazing Into the Darkness

Place your elbows on the table. Then place the palms of your hands over your eyes with the fingers of one hand crossing over the fingers on the other hand. Close your eyes and gaze into the darkness. Relax and hold this position for 1-3 minutes.

 

Side to Side Eye Movement

Stand or sit up right. Look straight ahead. Without moving your head, look to the left. Focus on what you see. Then look to the right. Focus on what you see. Move your eyes side to side 5 times. Repeat this cycle 3 times.

 

 

Up and Down Eye Movement

Sit up straight and look straight ahead. Then look up and focus on what you see. Look down. Don't be afraid to wrinkle your forehead or frown. It's good for the eyes. Look up and down 5 times.

Repeat this cycle 3 times.

 

 

Moving Your Eyes Diagonally

Look straight ahead. Look down and to the left. Then move your eyes diagonally and look up and to the right. Focus on what you see. Repeat this exercise 5 times, then look straight ahead and do the same exercise looking down and to the right and then looking up and to the left. Repeat this cycle 3 times.

 

Rolling Your Eyes in a Circle

Sit up straight and relax. Look to the left and slowly roll your eyes in a circle clockwise. Look up, then slowly move your eyes clockwise and look down and then move your eyes and look to the right. Do it clockwise 5 times and then counterclockwise 5 times. Repeat this cycle 3 times.

Near and Far Focus

Focus on a nearby object, e.g. a pencil. It should be 20-30 cm away from your eyes. Then look at something distant. Focus on that distant object and try to see it in detail. Then look on the nearby object again. Change this focus 5 times. Repeat this cycle 3 times.

 

Massage One

Close your eyes. Then squeeze your eyes shut tightly. Keep them squeezed shut for 2-3 seconds. Relax the muscles around your eyes. Squeeze your eyes shut again. Repeat 10 times.

 

Massage Two

Close your eyes. Gently touch your eyelids and massage your eyes with circular movements. Press lightly. Don’t try to press too hard. Make 10 circular movements, first clockwise then counterclockwise.

 

Why Do These Activities?

A young learner will spend a lot of time touching, poking and prodding, all of which are activities where the eyes alert the brain that there is something that looks interesting and to "please send the hands along to find out more".

 

The eyes are in a sense guiding the hands in those exploratory activities, but the eyes will not necessarily stay focused on the object that is being picked up, prodded, poked or touched.

 

There is therefore a need for you to give your students specific activities where the eyes need to focus and stay focused in order to guide the hands to successfully complete the activity.

 

Doing these activities will give your young learners a chance to work on hand-eye coordination, visual focusing and tracking skills, all of which are needed for reading, writing in a short time.

 

Visual Motor Integration Activities - moving beyond hand eye coordination, these visual motor integration activities may help improve your child's handwriting skills.

Good visual perceptual skills will help your child distinguish between letters, and will help them when learning the correct letter formations. This is an important part of preschool hand writing.

· Form Constancy Activities will help your child remember that a letter or number is still the same, no matter where it is seen.

· Visual Closure Activities will help your child learn to recognize the numbers and letters even when they are smudged or partially covered.

· Figure-Ground Perception Activities will help your child develop the skills they need to find information on a busy board, read a map or use a dictionary.

· Visual Discrimination Activities will help your child to see the differences between similar looking words and numbers (e.g. b / p /d)

· Visual Memory Activities will help your child with phonics and help them to learn the new words.

 

 

Bibliography

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СОNTENTS

Introduction............................................................................................. 3

Long-term plan........................................................................................ 5

Short-term plan................................................................................................................. 14

Games bank....................................................................................................................... 148

Bibliography…................................................................................................................. 150

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