Lessons
Topic 3: What Does It Look Like and Why Is It Important for the Classroom?
Clues a child may be struggling crossing the midline:
- Uses the right hand to play on the right side of the body and the left hand to play on the left side, transferring a toy from one hand to the other as play moves from one side of the body to the other.
- Struggles tracking left to right
- Underdeveloped fine motor skills
- Delays in meeting development milestones like crawling, jumping or skipping
- Challenged balance
- Challenged coordination
- Poor strength, particularly in the neck, arms and legs
- Changes hands when writing, painting or coloring
- W-sitting
- Limited trunk rotation
- Difficulty with self-care tasks like putting on shoes or brushing teeth
We strengthen crossing the midline skill with use!
- Climbing
- Monkey bars: hand over hand
- Movement games with streamers or ribbons
- Marching, touching elbow or hand to opposite knee
- Windmills
- Wiping down a table or blackboard
- Kicking a ball
- Animal walking (crab, bear, puppy)
- Marching like a toy soldier
- Games like Twister or Simon Says
- Yoga
- Drawing big infinity symbols
- Sweeping
- Driving a “car” with a pretend steering wheel
- Sitting back to back and passing a ball side to side