Help with child's co-ordination

CanadaBound

Both my sister and I are dyspraxic and I echo that any exercises that strengthen your core muscles help. Also, we tend to rely on our eyes rather than our sense of balance so exercises like standing on one leg with your eyes shut, and once that is mastered doing that try ading in throwing a ball from one hand to the other, really help.
It may be worth having him tested for dyspraxia and, if it turns out he is then I would recommend the Dores Institute courses - I haven't done their course personally as I am fairly borderline but my sister (who is also left handed) has and it really made a difference!
It is a really annoying condition as most people just write you off as clumsy and careless and tell you to play more attention to what you are doing, but regardless of how hard you try it doesn't really help. In my case it isn't too bad but it is the little things - it took me ages to learn how to ride a bike and I am still quite unstable on one, I trip over my own feet at the drop of a hat (something that I did yesterday morning in fact and smacked my head on the door jam) and I no longer buy glasses as I have dropped/knocked over so many drinks over the years and smashed them so now have plastic picnic style glasses to minimise the cost!

aliasojo

Might be worth considering asking your local Health Visitor if there is a 'wobble board' available for you to borrow? Some do, some don't.

It's just a round circle over a ball reallly. The person stands on it and of course 'wobbles' which means they have to try to work out how to regain their balance.

It's supposed to help with co-ordination and also strengthening muscles. My son was lent one but he had other foot problems which interferred with the process unfortunately.

galvanizersbaby

[quote=MrsKelly;
Please do not treat your child any different for being left handed, this will not help them at all, my daughter is 3 and i have not seen her struggle with anything being left handed, obviously as she gets older there will be things that crop up as a bit of an issue but she will find a way to work around it, my life nor my husbands life are affected in anyway by being left handed and other than the electric tin opener we do not need anything different to a right handed person.[/quote]

It's interesting because my DS is the only left handed one in the family and this hasn't been an issue other than with the handwriting when he got to school (he has just turned 6)
I agree that he shouldn't be treated differently to a right handed child but when it comes to writing he forms the letters differently to how I would with my right hand and there are some easy things I can teach him early (positioning the paper so he can see what he's writing and giving him enough room in class as you mentioned)
I guess because I am right handed as a parent these are not things I would have automatically known - his writing seems to be improving dramatically

System

MrsKelly wrote: »

As a left handed person (my DH and DD are left handed too) i personally wouldn't waste my money on left handed pens quote]
DH ,DD + myself are left handed and while i wouldnt bother with left handed items usually my DD has improved her writing with the pens so i personally dont see it as a waste of money but each to their own.

MrsKelly_2

CHRISSYG wrote: »

MrsKelly wrote: »

As a left handed person (my DH and DD are left handed too) i personally wouldn't waste my money on left handed pens quote]
DH ,DD + myself are left handed and while i wouldnt bother with left handed items usually my DD has improved her writing with the pens so i personally dont see it as a waste of money but each to their own.

The problem with these pens is that the nib only writes when the pen is held in a certain position, they are also quite expensive i just do not feel they are needed, anybody who feels they need them fine but in my 24 years i have managed perfectly well with 'normal' pens that cost a few pence rather than a few pounds.