Game & Sport

The motor development of the child

The development of the child's movements already begins during pregnancy. Most movements after birth are based on the child's reflexes, which are essential for survival. Over time, the child takes hold of its movements in an increasingly conscious and guided way.

Walking - Talking - Thinking

The development of movement helps the child to grasp its environment. Through motor development, the child is able to grasp itself and space. One of the most important developmental steps in the first 3 years of a person's life is the development of the upright gait. This frees the hands and fine motor skills can be developed. Building on this, the other milestones of the first 3 years can then be grasped: learning to speak and think. The time it takes each child to climb these milestones is very individual; however, the order is not!

As the child gets older, he or she takes up the basic forms of sporting movement:

• Walking/Running

• Jumping

• Balancing

• Catching

• Throwing

• Climbing

• Sliding

These basic forms are then found in a wide variety of movement games and sporting skills:

• Swimming

• Cycling

• Throwing games

• Skating

• etc.

Skills and competences that children can develop through play & sport

1. Self-competence

2. Social competence

3. Follow-up and action skills

4. Eye-hand coordination

5. Gross motor skills

6. Fine motor skills

7. Concentration

8. Enthusiasm

Sport and play in Waldorf education

In addition to eurythmy, the Waldorf kindergarten offers a wide range of other movement activities for the children. The main task in the first seven years is to provide space and opportunity for the lower senses, the so-called will senses of the children, to develop healthily. These senses are

• Sense of touch

• Sense of life

• Sense of movement

• sense of balance

Therefore, in the Waldorf kindergarten, a lot of emphasis is placed on the round dance, movement games and finger games.

In our online shop you will find in the category Play & Sport different skipping ropes in different lengths and with different handles, throwing rings and balls for throwing games, a roller board for balance exercises as well as slacklines with accessories for balancing.

In the first classes at the Waldorf School, the sports lessons are not so much about training, fitness or the like, but about the pupils experiencing the joy of movement in imaginative play.

This is where rounds, movement games, dances, games of catch and games of skill such as stilt walking, ball throwing, balancing and rope skipping take place.

At Waldorfshop, we have rubber mitts, stilts, kites, everything to do with "horse play", hula hoops, boomerangs, frisbee and rubber throwing discs as well as diving rings.

As the children get older, team games such as football, fireball, catching games etc., competitions and everything to do with the circus become more and more interesting.

We also have an educationally valuable selection of toys for out doors and indoors on offer online: a gymnastic band, bow and arrow, ring toss games, diabolos, rola bolas, juggling balls, spears and much more.