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Movement

Your kid uses these skills all day: knowing where their body is, judging how hard to push, sensing speed and balance, and planning a new move. How they move can tell you what their body is working on. This collection helps you read it.

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The four articles

  1. 1
    How Kids’ Movement Shows What They Need
    Reading pressure, motion and practice
    • What came right before?
    • Why the same movement means different things on different days
    • Responding to movement: what can help
  2. 2
    How Kids Sense Pressure and Force
    Proprioception and how hard to push
    • Which everyday tasks need just the right force
    • Why “be gentle” is hard to follow
    • When a kid seeks pressure: what can help
  3. 3
    How Motion Changes How Kids Feel
    The vestibular sense, speed and rhythm
    • When a kid doesn’t seem to get dizzy
    • When a kid seeks fast motion: what can help
    • When a kid rocks to settle: what can help
  4. 4
    How Kids Learn New Movements
    Motor planning, practice and doing it again
    • Why a skill works one day and not the next
    • When a kid watches first: what can help
    • When new movements take more tries: what can help

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