The vestibular system is located in the inner ear (the back of the head is close to the ear), and children's spatial perception, balance and motor ability are the key functions of the vestibular system.
Besides ensuring children's athletic ability, the vestibular system is also responsible for receiving and filtering the hearing, hearing, smell and touch information in front of the face, and then transmitting it to the brain, so that the brain will not be too busy, so that it can pay attention to several kinds and choose important information to react.
Children with vestibular system disorders usually have a sense of space, poor balance, inattention and too many small movements.
For example, children can't concentrate on the lecture in class, and the teacher asks the children on the stage to speak under the stage; Can't concentrate on reading, painting, etc. Many of these children's learning problems are related to vestibular system disorders. Such children tend to process information slowly, and in the long run, it is easy to affect cognitive ability.
So what can parents do to help their children's vestibular system develop better?
Change the head position rhythmically
Swing, slide and swivel chair can give good stimulation to vestibular system.
Rotating chairs can make children play like this: turn, stop, turn again and stop again. Turn five times clockwise and then five times counterclockwise, which is also a good vestibular training stimulus.
Parents should pay attention to the fact that the training of swivel chairs should start from the age of 5. Whether it is a swivel chair or other rotating movements, you should not be too fast or too fierce, so you must do a good job of safety protection.
"single-plank bridge" exercise
This is not difficult to find. The curb in the community is the best "single-plank bridge".
In the case of confirming the safety of the environment, you can take your child to walk with your eyes open, and you can try to walk on tiptoe when you are familiar with it.
Parents must stand in a position where they can hold their children, so that the children can be protected in time.
Pony running doesn't have that kind of big equipment, but it also has "big sports"
For example, in the class of Pony Run Early Education Center, there is that kind of yoga ball, which can do "big sports".
You can put your child on the yoga ball, and the child will reach out and want to lie on the yoga ball. When a child cries loudly, it shows that the child's vestibular system is too sensitive. On the contrary, I feel insensitive at all. What the pony needs to do is to adjust the child's vestibular system to make it normal.
Of course, the training of vestibular system should not be excessive, and it needs to be exercised according to the specific development of children themselves. If it is excessive, it may be counterproductive.