7 FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICAL READINESS SKILLS

Click on each skill to read a detailed description.

  • BALANCE - Balance is the ability to move your body under control.

  • GENERAL COORDINATION - General coordination is the ability to coordinate movement.
  • BODY IMAGE - Body image is the ability to understand one's own body and its relationship to other things.

  • HAND-EYE COORDINATION - Hand-eye coordination is being able to use your hands and your eyes effectively at the same time.
  • LATERALITY - Laterality is knowing my left from right, top from bottom, and front from back.
  • TACTILE TOUCH - Tactile touch is the ability to feel objects as they are meant to be felt.
  • AUDIO RECEPTIVE / AUDIO EXPRESSIVE LANGUAGE - Audio receptive / audio expressive language is the ability to hear and distinguish the basic sounds in a given language and to express those sounds in a distinguishable manner.

 
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