N6 Educational Psychology
3.2.3 Spatial orientation (position in space) One can then identify if an object is in front or behind you. When a child does not experience this inner feeling, he will, for example, get confused with the b and the d. He will write 12 instead of 21.
Exercises: • Let the child show different positions: “stand in front of the chair, behind the chair”; “Stand next to your friend”; “Look to your right”; “Put your arms behind your back.”
• Use a pegboard. Let the child copy the patterns given.
• Build with blocks: put the red block on top of the green one.
3.2.4 Midline
If the child is not sure about his position in space, he will avoid his hand crossing the midline. A right-handed child with midline problems will only draw on the right-hand side of his paper and will move the paper so that it is always on his right-hand side.
Establishment of hand dominance is still developing at this point. The following activities will facilitate midline crossing: • Encourage reaching across the body for materials with each hand. It may be necessary to engage the other hand in an activity to prevent switching hands at midline.
• Refrain specifically from discouraging a child from using the left hand for any activity. Allow for the natural development of hand dominance by presenting activities at midline, and allowing the child to choose freely.
• Start making the child aware of the left and right sides of his body through spontaneous comments like, “kick the ball with your right foot.” Play imitation posture games like “Simon Says” with across -the-body movements.
• When painting at aneasel, encourage the child to paint a continuous line across the entire paper – also from diagonal to diagonal.
DEFINITION
Spatial awareness means that the person always knows where he is in the space (area) he is in. He can orientate himself in the world around him.
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