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The child's motor development

The child's movement development begins during pregnancy. Most movements after birth are based on the child's reflexes, which are essential for survival. Over time, the child becomes more conscious and guided in its movements.

Walking - speaking - thinking

The development of movement helps the child understand his environment. Through motor development it is able to grasp itself and space. One of the most important developmental steps in the first 3 years of human life is the development of upright walking. This frees your hands and allows you to develop fine motor skills. Building on this, the further milestones of the first 3 years can then be taken: learning to speak and think. The time it takes for each child to reach these milestones is very individual; but the order is not!

As the child gets older, he or she takes up the basic forms of physical exercise:

• Running/running

• Jumping

• Balancing

• Catch

• Throw

• Climbing

• Slide

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

• Swimming

• Cycling

• Throwing games

• Skating

• etc.

Skills and competencies that children can develop in games and sports

1. Self-competence

2. Social skills

3. Follow-up and action competence

4. Eye-hand coordination

5. Gross motor skills

6. Fine motor skills

7. Concentration

8. enthusiasm

Sports and games in the Waldorf education

In the Waldorf kindergarten there is, next to the Eurythmy, a variety of other exercise options for the children. The main task in the 1st seven-year developmental phase is to provide space and opportunity for the children's lower senses, the so-called volitional senses, to develop healthily. These are

• sense of touch

• meaning of life

• Sense of movement

• Sense of balance

That's why the Waldorf kindergarten places a lot of emphasis on dance, movement games and finger games.

In our online shop, in the Games & Sports category, you will find various skipping ropes for jumping rope in different lengths and with different handles, throwing rings and balls for throwing games, a roller board for balance exercises and slacklines with accessories for balancing.

In the first grades in the Waldorf school, sports lessons are not so much about training, fitness or similar, but about students experiencing the joy of movement in imaginative play.

Round dances, movement games, dances, catching games and skill games such as stilt walking, ball throwing, balancing and jumping rope take place here.

With the Waldorfshop we carry rubber twist, stilts, kites, everything related to "horse games", hula hoops, boomerangs, frisbees and rubber throwing discs as well as diving rings.

As the children get older, there are also team games, such as football, fireball, catch games, etc., competitions and everything related to the topic Circus always more interesting.

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