What Gross Motor Gifts Strengthen The Development Of The...

Fabulous Four

As we examine the gross motor skills of the four-year-old, we discover that our blossoming gymnast hangs from an overhead bar at the playground...or a tree limb in the backyard.

He walks a short distance on a balance beam or the playground border (it's free). This is another good time to have the web site for playground safety

She gallops, hops on one foot as many as 5 times and completes one somersault.

Or if baseball is his future, he can throw a ball toward a target.

Maybe he’ll be a basketball star instead. He’ll bounce a playground ball at least one time.

Wow, from just being able to lift his chin as a newborn to a budding athlete in four short years!

What will he do in kindergarten when he’s a fantastic five?

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