Can’t thank everyone enough. One surprise was all the times if I had it to do again I’d do gymnastics came up. One more question: Why and what kind would you do. Do You mean just somersaults?? Or something more? Never been much of a gymnast myself or athlete so hard for me to say but it does seem something lacking on the playground.
I feel bad about not having the courage to say something at the library so I’ve decided I will put a poster up at library giving this board address and also maybe mention Phonographix and Lindamood Bell. I was really surprised in talking to a teacher from a neighboring town. They sent three teachers to get the LB training over the summer. However kids are only getting one or two hours a week and somehow that doesnt seem enough for kids in 2nd grade who still can’t read a sentence. Still I was beginning to think the only people who’d heard of LB and PG were on this board.
Thanks so much! You’re all SO AWESOME!!
I can recognize my 4 yr old in a number of posts. Thank you so much for sharing your stories.
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And swimming. I mean real swimming like learning strokes. Its great for bilateral coordination and apparently having to coordinate your breathing with your body is really good for kids in speech/language.
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When I took my daughter to private OT at age 7, her OT told me that gymnastics was the “most inexpensive OT I could have gotten” at her age. Just the balance, learning to do right and left handed cartwheels (something I NEVER mastered :0) ) makes them use both sides of the brain. Good for motor planning, etc. She WAS one of the poorest performers, but it didn’t deter her and obviously helped somewhat.
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When I took my daughter to private OT at age 7, her OT told me that gymnastics was the “most inexpensive OT I could have gotten” at her age. Just the balance, learning to do right and left handed cartwheels (something I NEVER mastered :0) ) makes them use both sides of the brain. Good for motor planning, etc. She WAS one of the poorest performers, but it didn’t deter her and obviously helped somewhat.
Someone here once said that gymnastics is like inexpensive OT. I agree. If you have a ymca near you they have gymnastics classes. You want them to work on things like walking on a beam to improve balance, climbing and learning to jump with both feet together etc…