Movement, balance and body control
Equipment and materials for developing gross motor skills, body coordination, balance and postural control through movement, play and sensorimotor experiences.
Gross motor skills involve the coordinated use of the body's large muscle groups and are fundamental for activities such as maintaining posture, changing position, walking, running, jumping, pushing, pulling or controlling whole-body movements.
The materials in this category can be used to work on balance, bilateral coordination, postural control, spatial orientation, motor planning and general body coordination, adapting activities to the abilities and needs of each person.
Learning through movement
Movement provides information about the body and its relationship with the environment. Activities involving therapeutic balls, balance equipment and other gross motor resources can combine motor learning with proprioceptive, vestibular, tactile, visual or auditory input.
This makes them useful in occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychomotor practice, special education and other educational or therapeutic contexts, as well as for play and activities that encourage active participation.
