Development of manual skills in children

For a long time it was believed that children are born completely helpless. However, the study of the reflexes of newborn infants allowed pediatricians to draw conclusions: children are born with a certain set of skills. For example, a healthy child does not need to be taught to suck, he instinctively reaches for the mother's breast, the newborn can rearrange his legs if put in a certain position, and also clamp some objects in the cams. All these skills are called reflexes, because the movements performed by the baby are unconscious at this stage and are not controlled by the brain.

What are reflexes for? Let's consider the development of the baby with the example of a grasping reflex.

At the time of birth, neonatal brushes are almost always compressed into cams, and compression-expansion movements are involuntary. If you put your index fingers into the hands of the newborn, the baby will tightly squeeze them. This is a grasping reflex. If you risk slowly raise your hands, the newborn will continue to cling to your fingers, and so tightly that the crumb can even be raised. Do you think your baby is so strong and strong? While this is not so. This action is given to a newborn child because he simply can not open his fingers and release an object. Only as a result of the development of the brain can the child learn to deliberately unclench his fingers, releasing the clamped object in his palm.

The more often a newborn will use a grasping reflex, the faster his brain will ripen. Every time a toddler grabs objects, sooner or later they fall out of his fingers, so that the brain learns to distinguish between the sensation "picked up - released".

Provide your child with as many opportunities as possible to develop a grasping reflex. Do you have to spend a lot of time on this? Doman replies: it is enough to devote one minute to this lesson ten times a day.

So, your first exercise with a child. The kid lies on his back. You let him grab a thumbs up or a wooden wand. As soon as the child has grasped the stretched object, raise the upper part of his torso by several centimeters.

FREQUENCY At least ten times a day.

INTENSITY After one or two weeks, raise the child higher and higher, so that he starts to hold some of his own weight.

DURATION As soon as you feel that the grip of the child has weakened or that the expression of joy, surprise on his face has changed into an unhappy grimace, immediately lower the baby to the back. After several attempts, you will accurately determine the time during which the child can hold his weight by hanging on his hands.

Do not forget that the clothes of your crumb should be as light as possible and provide freedom of movement.

If you are engaged with a child in a warm room, there is no need to put the baby in something warm. It will be enough to dress up a small sportsman in a shirt-shirt and a diaper.

Do not forget to cheerfully and loudly praise your child every time he grabs his fingers and when he releases them. Thus, you fix his grasping reaction. In addition, when you say praise in a joyful, confident tone, you will set the baby to new feats.

So, if you regularly perform this exercise with a child, after a few weeks the baby will start releasing objects that were clenched in fists, thanks to the unconscious grasping reflex. First he will do it by accident, that is, he simply drops the object. But as the brain develops, continuing to instinctively grab things, at one point the child will start releasing them from the hands already consciously. As soon as this happens, you can go with your little student to the second stage of developing manual skills - hovering.

Giving your toe as a support for your fingers, you feel good how tightly it holds. As soon as the child's hand begins to weaken( after 5-10 seconds, and then more), one should immediately put the baby in the tub. This exercise allows you to determine the capabilities of the child and give him the optimal load.

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