Body Control Training Benefits Youth Physical Development and Mental Growth

By using a series of simple tasks a parent or caregiver can nurture youth body control mastery.

Youth can gain body control by practicing these skills.

Try This Kidskills Skill Series to Learn Body Control

Give these six tasks a try!

• Visit Climbing and Body Control Using Whole Body
• Visit Jumping to land on a TARGET Have your child try it!
• Visit Two Even JUMPS Forward Great good lift!
• Visit JUMP Over A Cone! Or use a short soft object
• Visit 2 Tiny Jumps & 1 BIG JUMP Try mixing types of JUMPS
• Visit Jumping in a Pattern Try a zig~zag pathway!

When youth begin to move ~faster than walking~ there are a number of safety concerns that appear.

• The need to move in a clear open space.
• Learn how to avoid other people, if in area.
• Look ahead where you are moving: ground, objects, people.
• Know HOW to STOP!

Body control demands attention and focus. These are life skills for youth. Gaining control of these abilities gives a confidence that builds confidence.

Try each task in the SERIES as well as the other KIDSKILLS Building Series.

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