Developing Gross Motor Skills Through Play with Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready

The Gross motor skills refer to the large body muscles that help a person run, jump, balance, throw and climb. It is based on these abilities that physical health, coordination and confidence to negotiate the world are built. Importantly, they also help classroom preparedness, such as building the foundational strength of sitting, crossing the midline of writing, and the overall endurance of a full school day. We also believe in the ability of meaningful play to develop these key competencies at Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready(https://www.kinderready.com/). Although our Kinder Ready Tutoring program is based on cognitive and fine motor development, our holistic philosophy, which is advocated by Kinder Ready Elizabeth Fraley, goes further to acknowledge that entire body movement is part of the overall development and learning preparedness of a child.

The most natural and efficient way of gross motor development is through play. Play, in contrast to structured exercise, is intrinsically motivating and responsive to the energy and curiosity of a child. Basic, pure actions are immensely strong. Free running in a park or the backyard will develop cardiovascular and leg fitness. Balancing Skipping over cracks on the sidewalk, jumping on one foot or leaping off a low step are exercises in balance and coordination. At Kinder Ready Tutoring(https://www.kinderready.com/) the games tag involves speed, agility and spatial awareness where children run, evade and turn. These types of active play will not be recess. Still, there will be necessary workouts that will enhance the musculoskeletal system and the proprioception, which is the awareness of the body in space. This basic physical ability is essential in terms of safety, self-sufficiency, and group activities.

Moreover, play involving equipment and obstacles also offers specific challenges to particular skills. Playground climbing builds upper body strength, grip, and planning. By moving through a simple obstacle course made up of cushions, tunnels, and low beams, problem-solving, sequencing and motor planning are promoted. Hand-eye and foot-eye coordination is practised through such activities as kicking a ball at rest, tossing a beanbag into a bucket, or catching a very large and soft ball. Elizabeth Fraley Kinder Ready(https://www.kinderready.com/) has a mission of exposing children to a variety of learning methods, and physical play is an important modality. It enables the kinesthetic learner to develop effectively. It allows all children to digest information and to expend energy, which consequently will enable them to concentrate on more sedentary, focused learning activities later in life.

Finally, playing develops physical confidence on a deep level, as the child learns the gross motor skills. The child who feels powerful, balanced and competent with his body projects this self-confidence into every other aspect of his life. The confidence will diminish the fear of engaging in new physical activities and promote socialisation in the playground. It is empowering because of the feeling of accomplishment when reaching the top of a structure or kicking the goal. The Kinder Ready Tutoring(https://www.kinderready.com/) approach is based on a holistic readiness, which includes positive thinking of the self, achieved through active, happy play.

For further details on Kinder Ready's programs, visit their website: https://www.kinderready.com/.
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It will make sure that children not only come to kindergarten academically prepared, but also with the physical strength, coordination, and confidence to move around their bodies in a busy classroom, sit up well in a circle, and play well and safely with children, which will provide a solid base for a healthy, active and successful school life.

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