Groom Observation Essay

Easton’s gross motor skill abilities have advanced this semester. He has demonstrated the ability to catch a bean bag with his hands. During Dinosaur week, Easton played a game called “Catch the Dinosaur Egg.” The dinosaur eggs were represented by bean bags. Each child had a partner and they both practiced tossing the bean bags back and forth. Easton enjoys bean bag tosses so much. During Spring week, he played another bean bag toss game, except the bean bags represented butterflies. The children had to make the butterfly fly through the air. Easton had a great time playing this game as well. Being able to catch a bean bag is an example of good hand-eye coordination. Easton is showing signs of having excellent hand-eye coordination. Another

A lot of the time during gym time, the preschoolers are supposed to gallop to one side of the gym, and run to the other. Easton loves times like these, when he can have a little freedom and let out some of his sometimes-hidden energy. Sometimes when Easton is told to skip, he ends up galloping instead. But with a little more practice, he will be able to understand the difference between the two. Another gym activity that the students played during Spring week was pretending to be frogs. The students had to hop from one lillipad to another on both of their feet. Easton did extremely well with this. He would hop on both feet with a huge smile on his face. Easton really loves to participate in obstacle courses. Usually the obstacle courses include walking on a balance beam. On a balance beam, the children are supposed to walk heel to toe. This is a milestone for a four year old. However, Easton takes steps when he’s walking across a balance beam, so his heel of one foot and toe of the other are not connected. But once again, the more Easton practices this motor skill, the better he will become. In my opinion, the ability to even maintain balance while on a balance beam is incredible. Easton is doing great for his age