Community Collaboration: Building Gross Motor Skills for Confidence and Social Interactions.

Community Partner: Jordan Wopinski, Little Feet Therapy
What: This course will focus on how gross motor skills not only improve balance, muscle strength, and joint health, but also impact a child's confidence and social skills. When a child is confident in their body and their physical abilities, their entire world opens up. Sometimes it is not that a child does not want to play on the playground or in a sport, it is that they are scared to fail at the task involved. Figuring this out and providing them with the tools to be successful, and the assurance that success looks different for everyone, can make a huge impact on their life. Having more confidence on the playground and in their environment means more opportunities for social interactions with peers and more smiles for everyone.