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The child's motor development

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

Walking - speaking - thinking

The development of movement helps the child to understand its environment. Through motor development, the child is able to grasp itself and the environment. 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 taken: Learning to speak and think. The time it takes each child to reach these milestones is very individual, but not the order!

As the child gets older, he or she will take up the basic forms of physical activity:

• walking/running

• jumping

• balancing

• catching

• throwing

• Climbing

• sliding

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 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 primary task in Year 1 is to provide space and opportunities for the children's lower senses, the so-called senses of will, to develop healthily. These are

• Sense of touch

• sense of life

• Sense of movement

• Sense of balance

For this reason, the Waldorf kindergarten places great emphasis on the round dance, movement games and finger games.

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

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

This includes round dances, movement games, dances, catch games and games of skill such as walking on stilts, throwing balls, balancing and jumping rope.

At Waldorfshop we have rubber twist, stilts, kites, everything to do with "horse games", 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 outdoors and indoors available online: a gymnastics band, bow and arrow, ring throwing games, diabolos, rola bolas, juggling balls, spears and much more.