| Developmental Skill |
Bi-Laterality: The ability to use the upper and lower parts of the body independently. Affects the ability to conceptualize ideas. |
| Indications of Developmental Lags |
Spilling things; moving feet/legs when listening to a story; responds, "I can do it another way" when being shown an activity. |
| Indication of Classroom Developmental Lags |
Looks for better, easier work; "Ping-pong" grades from subject to subject or one grading period to the next; difficulty going from general to specific; good vocabulary, but poor reading comprehension; cannot use information, only memorizes facts. |
| Activities for Developmental Growth |
Hopping like a rabbit; swimming (breast & butterfly strokes); dribbling a basketball while moving with hands centered on body; putting a golf ball; jumping rope; walking on ropes on the ground. |
