Psychomotricity

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 What is Psychomotricity?  

General Objectives

What skills do we work on ?

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What is Psychomotricity?

•  Psychomotricity is the dynamic bond existing between motricity, affectivity and intelligence. 
  This dynamic bond is called globality and is found in actions and behaviors, it's 
   called Psychomotor Expression.

• It is particularly in the child that we find this dynamic bond, because it is in the child that the Psychomotor
   Expression is fully shown.

• We can identify a stage in the child's evolution, which is the period going from his/her birth until he/she is
   6 years old. During this period we will find a full Psychomotor Expression

• It is on this global concept of the child that Psychomotor Education (Psychomotricity)  practice is based on.

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 General Objectives

There are three main general objectives:

• COMMUNICATION. Being able to communicate means to be open to others and also to be open to knowledge.

• CREATIVITY. Creation allows children to channel emotions and to exteriorize their imaginary life.

• DECENTRATION. This is a pre requisite to school learning which involves a new comprehension of the world
   through developing the ability to distance themselves from their emotions regarding space and objects. This will
   help children to overcome the motor and affective impulsiveness    

   If alert signs are identified showing, anticipating, assuming difficulties in a child's development, and it is considered 
   necessary to make an individual and specific approach in any of this development areas, parents will be notified and the
   child will be referred to a specialist that will help him.

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WHAT SKILLS DO WE WORK ON DURING PSYCHOMOTRICITY?

GROSS MOTOR SKILLS

The gross motor abilities which are usually acquired during infancy and early childhood are part of your child's motor development. These skills are built upon, improved and better controlled throughout early childhood.

Since gross motor skills can be learnt and improved with practice, children need plenty  of opportunities to exercise these skills.

Gross motor skills include the following:

• balance – the ability to maintain equilibrium.
• body awareness – for improved posture and control.
• laterality – awareness of the left and right sides of the body.
• major muscle coordination.
•  spatial orientation – awareness of the body position in space and in relation to other objects or people

FINE MOTOR SKILLS

Graphomotricity

Graphomotricity is a phase of the writing process. It helps children achieve the basic movements that are an essential part of letter writing. We work on the following:

·        eye – hand coordination,

·        visual perception,

·        writing direction,

·        pressure of the pencil and proper pencil grip.

·        Postural adjustment since it is important to develop a comfortable position with the back resting on the chair; the feet resting on the floor, and the arms resting on the table in such a way that the child’s position forms a straight line.

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