Perceptual-Motor Development

  • Ages: 2 – 6 years
  • Duration: 30 minutes
  • Frequency: Once a week
  • Where: At your pre-school

It is specially designed for different aspects of motor development and school readiness.
The programme combines a child’s movement abilities with academics such as writing, reading, language and mathematics.
The programme will start your child on fairly easy activities and then progress to more difficult activities as he/she develops his/her motor skills.

Sessions include elements such as:

  • Body awareness – developing the ability to know and understand names and functions of various body parts
  • Spatial Orientation – Refers to the functional ability to move your body parts to a planned spatial position or to change position. In other words, it is an individual’s ability to function in and through space using different motor skills.
  • Balance
    • Static: It is the ability to maintain a desired body posture or position when the body is stationary.
    • Dynamic: It is the ability to maintain a desired body posture or position when the body is moving.
  • Co-ordination – It describes the co-operation of various muscles during the execution of an activity, to move the body in the right direction at the right time so that the task can be performed.
  • Fine-motor skills – It involves the development of small muscle groups and movements such as the eyes, fingers, hands, tongue and lips. This plays a vital role in the development of a child’s ability to write, draw, cutting with scissors etc.
  • Motor Planning - Is the ability to conceive, plan and carry out a skilled, non-habitual motor act in the correct sequence from beginning to end.
  • Bilateral coordination - Refers to the ability to coordinate both sides of the body at the same time in a controlled and organized manner
  • Manipulation Skills (Ball Skills) - Manipulative skills development hand-eye and foot-eye coordination which is particularly important for tracking objects in space. Manipulative skills include throwing, catching, kicking, rolling and striking.
  • Vestibular Function - Vestibular refers to your sense of balance and spatial orientation for the purpose of coordinating movement with balance.
  • Midline Crossing - Crossing the Midline refers to the ability to reach across the middle of the body with the arms and legs crossed over the opposite side.

Why is motor development essential for children?

Good motor development plays a vital role in developing skills needed by a child to function successfully in the following scholastic fields.

Preparation Skills Vision, Audio and Tactile
Listening Skills Rhythm of verbal sounds
Reading Skills Top to bottom, left to right, distance, size, shape and direction
Writing Skills Large muscle groups of the arms, and finger muscles, begin and stop actions, the ability to sit up straight, the ability to raise and hold your head up, to identify the start and then to start writing again
Language Skills Knowledge of body parts, opposites and action words.
Self-concept It is enhanced through the improvement of self-esteem

 

Schools Currently At

  • Opti-baby Brooklyn
  • Opti-baby Eldoraigne
  • Opti-baby Moreleta
  • Opti-baby Equestria
  • Opti-baby Highveld
  • Little Einsteins
  • Tjokkies
  • Montessori Joy
  • Sonstraaltjie Speelgroep
  • KASI
Perceptual Motor Development Terms and Conditions
  • The perceptual motor development and wellness programme will be presented during school terms . There will be a quarterly (academic term) fee, and the programme won’t continue during the school holidays.
  • Termination of the programme requires that you give at least 1 month’s written notice prior to leaving the programme.
  • Payments must be made within the first month of each term.
  • Monthly payments can be arrange with the Kinder Kineticist.
  • A once off registration fee is payable with enrollment.