小遊戲大發展 Small games big development

現時很多小朋友都有”字體寫得不好”、”夾菜時夾不準”、”丟球時無法對準目標”、”填顏色出界”等問題，到底什麼原因會造成這些問題呢?

養和醫院物理治療師吳妙枝表示，有手眼肢體協調問題的兒童，各方面發育都會較為緩慢，早期會較正常幼兒遲學懂站立、步行，很遲才懂得上樓梯或經常容易跌倒。到後期入學後才會發現上述等問題。1然而，孩子手眼腳協調差，除了在運動表現較為遜色之外，在自理能力、社交發展、學習能力，以及自信心等方面皆會表現下降。要改善孩子手眼協調，家長可以通過以下小遊戲來幫助2:

初級版:

1. 抓抓樂

在寶寶活動範圍吊一些色彩鮮豔的玩具，試著讓寶寶伸手去抓取。為了抓到玩具，寶寶不但會主動伸出小手，也會調整自己的位置，有助發展寶寶平衡、協調能力。

2. 堆積木

拿色彩鮮豔的小積木，讓寶寶一個堆一個，只要寶寶堆疊成功，父母應拍手或開手讚美孩子，讓孩子更有信心。

3. 投硬幣

拿一個撲滿，讓寶寶把硬幣一一投進去，待寶寶能力進步後，再輔以不同的形狀讓寶寶配對，或者把不同形狀的物體擺在一起，讓寶寶挑出正確的形狀配對。

進階版:

1. 串珠子

準備一條繩子跟珠子，讓孩子試著拿著繩子，把珠子一一串進去。

2. 對摺紙

準備色彩鮮豔的色紙，讓好孩子學習角對角對摺，如果孩子能力許可，也可以挑戰進階版的摺紙游戲，摺出三角型、正方形或小動物等更高難度。

3. 拾豆袋

將豆袋放地上讓孩子蹲下拾起，然後單腳跳到下一站又拾起，前往目的地玩拋豆袋，自己拋自己接，之後增加難度在拋起後拍一下手才接回豆袋，然後又由他人拋豆袋給他接。過程中孩子需要判斷距離，大腦運算配合適當力度及肢體運用。

Recently there are some things children cannot do well, for example, bad handwriting, cannot take food with chopsticks, cannot aim at the target when throwing a ball, be out of boundary when doing color filling. Why do they have these problems?

Physiotherapist Ng of Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital shows that if children have the coordination problem among eyes, hands and limbs, development in each aspect will be slow. In early phase, it’s normal that it’s late for children to learn how to stand and walk, how to go upstairs or it’s easy to fall down. In later phase, these problems can be found. Furthermore, if children have coordination problem, they are weak not only in sports, but also in confidence, self-care ability, learning ability and social ability development. Parents can let children play small games as follow to help them improve coordination of eyes and hands.

Stater games:

1. Happy Grasp

Parents can let babies grasp colorful toys that are hung in their range of activity. In order to grasp toys, babies can not only reach out their hands, but also adjust their position, which is helpful for babies to develop balance and coordination skills.

2. Stack Toy Blocks

Parents can let children stack colorful toy blocks. If only children did it, parents should clap hands or praise children so that they can be more confident.

3. Throwing Coins

Parents can let babies put coins into a piggy bank one by one. When babies have advanced skills, parents can let babies play the game of shape matching.

Advanced games:

1. String Beads

Prepare a sting and many beads, then let children try to string beads.

2. Paper Folding

Let children use colorful paper to fold with corner diagonal. If capacity is allowed, children can challenge advanced paper folding, such as fold triangle or square paper or even animal shape paper.

3. Bean Bag Pickup

Let children pick up a bean bag on the ground, and then jump on one foot to the next station and pick up a bean bag. After that, children go to the destination to throw bean bags, throwing and catching them by themselves. If they finish the game, they can try another difficulty one that is to clap hands and then catch the bean bag, after throwing the bean bag as well as another one that is catch the bean bag threw by others. In the process of playing these games, children should judge the distance and coordinate brain computing, appropriate strength and use of limbs.