Sensory - motor experiences and skills are needed for optimal listening, language,
visual spatial awareness, self - regulation, sustained attention, near - point visual skills, and integration of brain functions.
Not exact matches
- strengthening the upper body and core muscles for other gross motor tasks - strengthening the upper body and core muscles to create a stable base for fine motor skills - developing stability in the bones of the shoulder joint (the ball and socket joints of the shoulders and hips are shallow and unstable at birth but are molded into stronger, more stable joints through weight - bearing)-
visual development to quickly shift focus from near to far - hand - eye - coordination - providing plentiful early opportunities for motor planning (movement problem - solving)- refining balance - integrating the movement (vestibular), pressure & stretch (proprioceptive),
visual and touch (tactile) sensory systems - learning to coordinate movements where two sides of the body are doing different movements - learning to coordinate upper body and lower body movements - developing body
awareness and
spatial awareness - fostering independence
* Practising 2D shape manipulation, to develop
visual -
spatial awareness, mathematical problem - solving skills, and
awareness of geometric shape properties (Tangram Cats) * Working with
visual codes in addition (Cat Sums in Tens, Cat Sums in Hundreds, Cat Paw Bonds — Adding to 50) * Recalling multiplication facts, in fun ways (Cat Dish Factors, Cat Paw Bonds — Multiplication) * Investigating geometric patterns in polygons (Cheese Patterns) * Reading keys and interpreting pictogram graphs (Favourite Foods of Cats) * Working with directions on
visual maps (Cat Directions), and map coordinates (Cat Island) * Word puzzles which provide practice with syllables, digraphs (Cat Word Patterns) & word families (Hidden Words) * Solving
visual -
spatial puzzles (Cat Logic Puzzle).
Benefits of arts education In addition to economic benefits of investment in arts education for students in the primary and secondary sectors there are a plethora of social and intellectual benefits: • encouraging self expression and self
awareness • building confidence and self esteem • thinking creatively and conceptually • problem solving • increasing motivation and improving behaviour • developing organisational skills • being able to work collaboratively and independently • developing multiple learning styles • building maturity and appreciation • developing observational skills • raising global
awareness and respect for other cultures • promoting literacy through analysis and interpretation • increasing enjoyment and fun in learning • developing
spatial and
visual skills • encouraging qualitative
awareness • seeing different perspectives • openness to subtlety, nuance, flexibility and imagination
Basically, the
visual learning style means that people need to see information to learn it, and this «seeing» takes many forms from
spatial awareness, photographic memory, color / tone, brightness / contrast and other
visual information.
Hemi - neglect, hemi - inattention or hemi -
spatial neglect is a neuropsychological condition in people where they do not have
awareness to the opposite
visual field after damage to one hemisphere of the brain.
Examining her Rot - schwarz - gelbes, almost floating atop the large, low white platform, one becomes conscious of its layers, its considered deployment of color, its complexity, and its ability to trick your
visual and
spatial awareness.