what you get :
1x beam 120cm by 35 cm
2 x triangles
To encourage balance and body awareness. When a child walks slowly across a balance beam, his/her body is developing balance and learning where it is in space.
It requires Concentration, Hand-eye coordination, Muscular strength, endurance, and Maintaining posture.
This skill also leads to understanding one’s own left and right.
Being on balance means having an even distribution of weight on each side of a vertical axis. The center of gravity is over the base of support.
For young children, being on balance simply means not falling over. Walking on a beam is considered dynamic balance—being on balance while moving.
How to Teach this development of skill in walking on a beam:
Extend arms to the side
Look straight ahead, not down.
Slow and steady take steps, Weight-bearing comes to play.
Hold hands then take steps
1 hand steps
Hold a toy instead of hands
Stand behind and hold a shirt for support
Slowly let go of all support.
