Psychomotor Education By Lynette Parry B.Prim.Ed.(Wits/J.C.E) Psychomotor- Level 2 (PEISA)

Psychomotor Psychomotor EducationEducation

By Lynette Parry B.Prim.Ed.By Lynette Parry B.Prim.Ed.(Wits/J.C.E) Psychomotor- (Wits/J.C.E) Psychomotor-

Level 2 (PEISA)Level 2 (PEISA)

Psychomotor EducationPsychomotor Education

• What is What is Psychomotor Psychomotor Education?Education?

• Why is Why is Psychomotor Psychomotor necessary?necessary?

• How does How does Psychomotor Psychomotor enhance enhance integration?integration?

What is Psychomotor What is Psychomotor Education?Education?

• Learning “through Learning “through movement”movement”

• Based on the Based on the theories of theories of AucouturierAucouturier

• Stimulating Stimulating constructive play constructive play in the ‘Golden in the ‘Golden Age’Age’

• Aucouturier has Aucouturier has recognized 5 recognized 5 levels of play:levels of play:

The 5 levels of play:The 5 levels of play:

1.1. Emotional tone Emotional tone

2.2. Sensory-motor Sensory-motor

3.3. Pre-symbolicalPre-symbolical

4.4. SymbolicalSymbolical

5.5. AbstractAbstract

1. Emotional Tone Play1. Emotional Tone Play

Soft equipment Soft equipment is used to is used to enhance enhance opportunities opportunities for young for young children to children to balancebalance or or adjust their adjust their emotional toneemotional tone

Emotional Tone PlayEmotional Tone Play

2.Sensory-motor Play2.Sensory-motor Play

The child The child discovers the discovers the pleasurepleasure of of movement movement using both hard using both hard and soft and soft equipmentequipment

Sensory-motor PlaySensory-motor Play

3. Pre-symbolical play3. Pre-symbolical play

In this stage In this stage the child is the child is starting to starting to exploreexplore the the workings of his workings of his inner world inner world through through existentialexistential playplay

4. Symbolical Play4. Symbolical Play

More commonly More commonly known as “fantasy known as “fantasy play”. Equipment play”. Equipment is neutral and can is neutral and can be be transformedtransformed into anything the into anything the child’s child’s imaginationimagination wishes it to be.wishes it to be.

5. Abstract Play5. Abstract Play

In this stage the In this stage the child is able to child is able to make make logical logical connectionsconnections between his between his physical world physical world and the abstract. and the abstract. He can He can constructconstruct and and representrepresent..

Why is Psychomotor Why is Psychomotor Education Necessary?Education Necessary?

• All experiences All experiences are linked to an are linked to an emotionemotion

• Experiences are Experiences are in a non-in a non-competitive and competitive and nonjudgmental nonjudgmental environmentenvironment


• Educators Educators mirrormirror children's children's emotionsemotions

• Children follow Children follow own own developmental developmental programmingprogramming

• Educators Educators accompanyaccompany child child through through developmental developmental journeyjourney


• Young children Young children cannot adequately cannot adequately express express emotionsemotions

• AggressionAggression and and frustrations are frustrations are dealt with through dealt with through symbolical play symbolical play


• Encourages Encourages assertiveness assertiveness and a stable and a stable self-concept self-concept and esteemand esteem

• Integrated Integrated maturity maturity encourages encourages self- disciplineself- discipline

How does PsychomotorHow does Psychomotor enhance integration? enhance integration?

• Indoor classesIndoor classes• Safe, age-Safe, age-

appropriate appropriate equipmentequipment

• RandomlyRandomly discover discover a pleasurable a pleasurable movementmovement

• Repetition Repetition creates an creates an integrated integrated behaviourbehaviour

How does PsychomotorHow does Psychomotor enhance integration? enhance integration?

These experiences These experiences naturally develop naturally develop the child’s sense the child’s sense and understanding and understanding of of space, balancespace, balance andand co-ordination co-ordination

An integrated body An integrated body scheme is the reference scheme is the reference

point for all brain point for all brain activities!activities!

The aim of Psychomotor The aim of Psychomotor Education is to achieve aEducation is to achieve a

decentreddecentred and and harmoniousharmonious child. child.

Psychomotor Education By Lynette Parry B.Prim.Ed.(Wits/J.C.E) Psychomotor- Level 2 (PEISA)

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