Balance
- Balance is a child's ability to hold her body parts upright. This ability starts first with her head, then continues down her body to shoulders, trunk, hips, and legs. Balance is part of running, jumping, standing on one leg, cycling, and ball throwing.
- Giving your child lots of time lying on her tummy. She may act as if she doesn't like this position. And she probably won't—until she has learned to balance, turn her head, and lift it up off the floor
- Giving him chances to sit or stand alone.
- Giving her some support and then letting go for a few seconds. See if she can catch herself before she loses her balance.
- To help your child practice walking you can:
- Give your child a chance to walk frequently. It builds up his self-confidence, and yours.
- Be sure your child has an opportunity to walk on many different surfaces—rugs, bare floors, grass sidewalks, gravel, tile, etc.
- See that your child has a chance to walk on both even and uneven surfaces—steps, hills, sloping driveways, etc.
Running
- For young children, running is a release of energy, a source of power
- · "He can't see where he's going."
- · "He'll run into something."
- · "He could fall down and hurt himself!"
- Any one of these could happen. But since there are so many benefits to running, the best idea is to help your child to run safely. You can do that by:
- · Begin by carrying your child as you run.
- · Running together, hand in hand.
- · Running together, each holding the end of a rope.
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