Hello! My name is Amy Sturkey. I'm a
pediatric physical therapist with about 30 years of clinical practice. I'm here
with my co-instructor, Charis, who has three and a half years of being a kid--very
qualified to help me out today. We are doing hand games today to work
on motor planning. So I found that if you can add music into your motor planning
activities that you have an easier time doing the motions, because I think it
uses that music part of your brain to add it in to be it a little bit e
asier.
So, we are working progressively up
through easier to harder songs, and the next game is "Open, Shut Them and Open,
Shut Them. I like it because although it has a lot of movements, the song tells you
exactly what to do all along the way, which helps me too. So are you ready? Here,
let's put your feet out here where we can see, because we're going to need
those toes. All right?
Ready? "Open shut them, open shut them. Give a
little clap, clap, clap. Open shut them, open shut them, put them
in your lap, lap, lap. Walk them, walk them, walk them, walk them,
right down to your toes, toes, toes. Fly them, fly them, fly them, fly them,
pop them on your nose." Oh my! "Open shut them. Open shut them. Give a
little clap, clap, clap. Open shut them. Open shut them. Put them
in your lap, lap, lap. Creep them, crawl them, creep them, crawl
them, right up to your chin, chin, chin.
Open up your little mouth,
but do not put them in!" Ahhhhhhh! That was so fun, Charis.
So it's a great way to wor
k on motor planning. Again the song is good because
it tells you what to do all the way, though it does have a lot of movements,
so it is a little bit trickier, but easier on the side of some of the songs.
Anyway, I hope this is helpful for you, and we'll look forward to seeing you
next time. Thanks a lot! Bye-bye. If you like this video, and would like to
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