02/04/2020
Today we will focus on vestibular and proprioceptive development.
The proprioceptive system
provides information to the brain about your body's position in relation to the environment, also tells the amount of effort being used to move your body, and regulates both emotional responses and sensory input.
The vestibular system provides information through the inner ear that tells us about our head position and how we are moving. Your understanding of movement and balance helps you coordinate the movement of your head with your eyes, enables you to use both sides of the body at the same time, tells which direction you're going and how fast and enables you to remain upright.
It is fun and it can be done outside or inside the house.
If you have chalk, you can draw hop scotch with different elements, like jumping, crawling, walking like a bear, spinning on your driveway(if paved) or in the garage
Otherwise you can use masking tape for inside the house.
If you do not have chalk, you can make your own chalk paint.
For each batch, you’ll need:
1/3 cup baking soda
1/3 cup cornstarch
3/4-1 cup water
food coloring(for bright vivid colors, use food color gel
paint brushes or squeeze bottles
How to Make Sidewalk Chalk Paint:
Start with 3/4 to 1 cup of water in a bowl or measuring cup. If you’re using the squeeze bottles I recommend 1 cup of water, if you’re using paint brushes, it can be a little thicker so use 3/4 cup water.
Pour 1/3 cup corn starch into the water.
Stir it up with a spoon or whisk, breaking up any clumps.Next, add 1/3 cup baking soda.
Stir it up, again breaking apart any clumps.
Pour into your squeeze bottle. (You can skip this step if you’re using paint brushes; instead pour it into a small container)Squeeze a few drops of food color into the mixture.
Shake/mix well.
I have added pictures of what the different hop scotch might look like and you can change it to how you like. This will also help with gross motor skill development.
