Playing Catch

At the moment our oldest is not a child who wants to learn how to write his name. We have a 'Learn to write' book with pencil exercises but he is not interested so we are trying hard to develop his other skills. He can scribble - he is happy to scribble for hours but nothing more.

His motor skills are excellent and he loves doing jigsaws. We are also amazed by how proficient he is with a knife and fork as well as a spoon at mealtimes. He is more that happy to draw and paint but only what he wants and the exception to scribbles are his smiley faces. This was his effort of a family portrait, the largest face being that of Lightening McQueen.

 

We have started to get him doing more where we can and where he is interested - tools with play dough and forming things instead of just a ball, his spade and bucket so he can help with the gardening and cooking.  

 

So, the point of my ramble, was that in order to develop his finer hand eye coordination we have started playing catch. It is something he can do with one of us and have our undivided attention. We started with a football and have moved down to a tennis ball as well as a Frisbee type disc and he is getting so much better at not only catching but also throwing the ball back accurately. I have no idea how good he should be for his age but for us, playing catch serves a duel purpose. Not only his development but some quality time as well.