{"id":4147,"date":"2020-05-15T16:10:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/?p=4147"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:10:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T20:10:18","slug":"fine-motor-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/2020\/05\/15\/fine-motor-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Fine Motor Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On a normal Friday at school we practice our fine motor skills.&nbsp; Today, let\u2019s focus on crossing midline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crossing midline is when we move our arms or legs across the middle of our body to complete a task.&nbsp; Crossing midline is important in developing the ability to use both sides of the body at the same time.&nbsp; Some tasks that require this include putting on shoes, catching a ball, writing, cutting, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some ways to work on this with your child:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Crossing Midline Activity\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0lJmzk7M3Hw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Simple Midline Crossing Exercise for Sensory Integration\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OScw7R8WLeM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Exercise Spot Wall Plank tap\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NU0543M1Dxw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Figure 8 Ball Pass\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sd6RrkobbDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Midline Crossing\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fEuRBIXLSW0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a normal Friday at school we practice our fine motor skills.&nbsp; Today, let\u2019s focus on crossing midline.&nbsp; Crossing midline is when we move our arms or legs across the middle of our body to complete a task.&nbsp; Crossing midline is important in developing the ability to use both sides of the body at the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/2020\/05\/15\/fine-motor-skills\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fine Motor Skills<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2074,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","without-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4148,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4147\/revisions\/4148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/sbowdell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}