Evaluación de la severidad de impactos

FOCUS EQUIPMENT ACTIVITY

Warm up, VMI Tennis balls WARM-UP: Throw and catch tennis balls

- Each child gets a tennis ball

- They throw it up in the air and catch it, they repeat this throwing and catching

VMI, upper body strength and coordination

Small medicine ball Medium medicine ball

ACTIVITY 1: Numbers game

- Children stand in a circle, and each child gets a number

- The researcher calls out the number and the small medicine ball gets thrown to the child with that number, and this is repeated with all the

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children’s numbers

- Progress to using the larger medicine ball, and/or stepping further from each other

VMI Tennis balls

Beach bats

ACTIVITY 2: Balance bats

- Each child gets a beach bat and a tennis ball

- They hold the bat lying flat out in front of their body, they try and balance the tennis ball on the bats surface

- Progress to the children walking slowly forwards while balancing the balls

VMI, upper body coordination

Hula hoop (hoop) Small soccer ball/ sponge ball

ACTIVITY 3: Dribble then goal!

- The researcher holds a hoop up against the wall as the target, about 1.2 m away from the children

- Each child gets a chance, they dribble the ball 4 times with 1 hand, they catch the ball with 2 hands and throw it into the hoop

VMI, laterality Paper

Crayons

COOL DOWN: Hand tracing

- Each child gets a piece of paper and a crayon

- They lay their hand down on the paper, and trace around it with the crayon, they do the same with the other hand

- Talk about how each hand is different and it is easier to write/draw with one hand than the other

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FOCUS EQUIPMENT ACTIVITY

Warm up, VMI Sponge balls

Tennis balls

WARM-UP: Throw and catch

- 3 children receive a medium sized sponge ball, and the other 3 receive a tennis ball

- They throw and catch the balls like before, in the air, and catch them themselves

- After a few minutes they swop over and get a different ball and try and throw and catch that ball

VMI, upper body

coordination Sponge balls ACTIVITY 1: Target Games

- They throw and catch the sponge ball as in the warm up

- They throw and catch 4 times, and throw the ball into the hoop target the researcher holds up against the wall

Directionality, laterality Cones ACTIVITY 2: Bop the beacon

- Each child sits on the floor legs crossed

- Around each child place 4 cones, 1 in front of them, 1 behind them, 1 to their left and 1 to their right

- The researcher stands in front of them, and goes through each beacon position making sure they all know the position names

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- Then researcher calls out different positions and the children must place both hands on that beacon in that position

- Progress: make the game faster

VMI, motor coordination Beach bats Sponge balls Tennis balls

ACTIVITY 3: Beach bat games

- Children stand in a line, and each get a chance to play the game with the researcher

- The child holds the beach bat, the researcher helps with the correct grip technique

- The researcher throws a sponge ball to the child and he/she must try hit the ball back to the researcher, repeat this 5 times with each child

- Progress: try use tennis balls that are smaller than sponge balls

VMI, manual dexterity Connect the dots Pencils

COOL DOWN: Connect the dots

- Each child gets a page with connect the dots drawings on - They connect the dots and draw the shapes

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FOCUS EQUIPMENT ACTIVITY

Warm up, VMI Tennis balls

Sponge balls

WARM-UP: Throw and catch

- 3 children get a tennis ball and the other 3 get a sponge ball each - They throw their ball up in the air and catch it as it comes down

- After a few times they swop their ball for a different one and try throw and catch that ball

Upper body strength and coordination, imitation

BOSU ball

Small medicine ball

ACTIVITY 1: Mirror-mirror on the ball

- The child stands on the ball part of the BOSU ball and balances - They hold the medicine ball

- The researcher is the mirror and the child must copy each move the researcher makes exactly

- The researcher does different movements using the ball in different positions

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coordination, motor planning

Hula hoops (hoops) Sponge ball

ACTIVITY 2: Bounce and catch

- The children get divided into pairs

- Between each pair place a hoop on the floor, each par gets a sponge ball - The children then play with their partners and bounce the ball in the middle

of the hoop and to their partner

- Demonstrate the correct technique of the bounce, emphasising that they should bounce forwards

VMI, directionality Hula hoops (hoops) Beanbags

ACTIVITY 3: Hoop toss

- The child stands in the middle of 4 hoops lying flat on the floor - 1 hoop in front, 1 behind, 1 to the left and 1 to the right of the child - The researcher gives the child instruction on where to throw the beanbag

Visual perception Pictures COOL DOWN: Spot the difference

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- Children sit in a circle with the researcher

- The researcher shows them a “spot the difference” picture, and asks them to find any differences

- They give their answers and the researcher talks them through each answer to ensure each child understands and sees the difference

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