What can Kidi-Sportz do for your child?

Why Kidi-Sportz?
We are all concerned about the alarming number of children who are presenting with low muscle tone. As educators and specialists dealing with these children we understand how debilitating this can be for a child. With this in mind it was realized that it was important to devise a specialized programme that assists in building tone in a fun and stress free environment.

Our programme is the only comprehensive programme offered incorporating all the muscle groups using gymnastic skills as well as ball skills, flexibility and strength.  We are also one of the few activities to be accredited by Supersport Let’s Play and the Sport Science Institute.

A positive environment is encouraged during the classes and this sets the tone for a confidence boost and ensures that your child is having fun whilst learning and developing valuable skills such as:
• flexibility
• strength
• muscle tone
• gross motor co-ordination
• hand eye co-ordination
• crossing the mid line
• social interaction with their peers
• trampoline skills
• gymnastics
• concentration
• confidence
• body awareness
• ball skills
• perseverance

Children are under extreme pressure in the world of today. This programme has been designed as a pressure release with an emphasis on fun, fun, fun! With the introduction of television and computers children have less time available to be exposed to play that involves gross motor co-ordination. This means we are finding more children being exposed to problems such as low muscle tone and many children need the help of an occupational therapist to assist them academically. The Kidi-Sportz classes have been designed to assist children with gross motor co-ordination and muscle tone and help to lessen the affects of some of these problems.

Children who have attended the  Kidi-Sportz programmes have exposure to all these important skills and enter into Primary School with more confidence and tend to do well in sporting events.

The program concentrates on upper body toning and has paid special attention to strengthening the core abdominal muscles of our children. Exercises include hand foot co-ordination, ball skills, flexibility, gross motor co-ordination and basic gymnastics. The aim of this programme is to introduce all the basic skills children will need in order to play any sport that they choose later on.

The Kidi-Sportz Programme was designed to ensure gross-motor milestones are tested regularly, and activities performed to ensure development in these areas. Using gross motor skills, age appropriate milestones have been identified. As a result of this research and testing, the instructors are able to assess children on an ongoing basis, as to whether they have any potential problems. They are also able to assist in the solving of these problems, through the programme, and bring the issue to the attention of the teacher or parent. Kidi-Sportz have had a number of Occupational Therapists in Johannesburg recommend the programme as an extension of their therapy with children, or as a maintenance programme for children they have worked with. We know that parents are always asking what more they can do to assist their children, and we would like OT’s to be able to recommend Kidi-Sportz as a programme that will visibly benefit children.

We insist that there will be no more than 10 children in a class ensuring that the children receive personalized attention and that maximum participation occurs. No lessons will be repeated during a term, only elements thereof.

There are two Kidi-Sportz programmes:
Tots Programme – 18 Months – 3 years
Kids Programme – 3-7 years

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