Step By Step Tiger Circle Scissor Project – Free

Here is a free step by step tiger circle project (download link at bottom) from the digital packet, Step By Step Circle Animals.  Just print this NO PREP activity and get started.

Color the circles.  Cut out the circles.  Glue the animal together and your tiger is complete!  Super cute and wonderful scissor practice and following directions.

Download the free Tiger Circle Scissor Project.

Step By Step Circle Animal Projects digital download includes 12 projects to practice coloring, cutting and pasting skills. Each project page is in black and white. The animals are created from one large circle and other curved shapes. This is a great, NO PREP, activity to practice step by step skills and scissor skills. The Step By Step Circle Animal Projects includes the following animals: fox, pig, hedgehog, zebra, bird, goat, chick, bull, snake, whale, ladybug and tiger.  Find out more information.

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Bilateral Coordination and Academic Performance in Children

Pediatrics International published research on 100 Brazilian children (ages 8-11 years old)  evaluating interlimb coordination and its relationship to their academic performance.  Each child was assessed with the Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Academic Performance Test. Participants were grouped into low (<25%) and high (>75%) academic achievers.

The results indicated:

1. a significant difference between groups for Total Motor Composite on the Bruininks-Oseretsky favoring the high group.
2. a significant association between academic performance and Body Coordination.
3. from the subtests of Body Coordination (Bilateral Coordination and Balance), Bilateral Coordination accounted for the highest impact on academic performance.

Reference:  Sheila Cristina da Silva Pacheco, Carl Gabbard, Lilian Gerdi Kittel Ries and Tatiana Godoy Bobbio. Interlimb coordination and academic performance in elementary school children. Pediatrics International. October 2016. DOI: 10.1111/ped.12972

25+ Bilateral Coordination Exercises is a collection of bilateral coordination exercise sheets including QR codes with links to video demonstration of exercises. A QR code is a black and white image with squares, that stores website links for reading by the camera on a smartphone.Each exercise page includes picture images and step by step directions of a whole body bilateral coordination exercise. Also included, is a link to a You Tube video with a demonstration of the exercise along with a slow motion video of the exercise. Parents, students or teachers can simply use a QR code reader app on their smart phone or tablet to go directly to the video demonstration.

These activities encourage: bilateral coordination, motor timing, motor planning, muscle strengthening and balance skills.

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Visual Perceptual Find and Color – School

Here is a visual perceptual freebie Find and Color for back to school from the School Doodle Find packet.  Challenge your student’s visual scanning and visual motor skills with this activity.  Can you find and color the 7 different school items?

DOWNLOAD the School Doodle Find freebie.

This freebie is from School Doodle Find, a visual perceptual game that includes 4 different game boards, 6 recording pages and 5 Find and Color pages. This game requires no preparation – just print and play! In addition, there are directions included to create a travel version of the game. This activity challenges visual tracking, visual scanning, visual discrimination and visual motor skills.  Print off multiple copies for your students and your activities are ready to go! Find out more about School Doodle Find.

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