Occupational therapy in kindergarten

As statistics show, in Russia in preschool institutions only ten children out of a hundred are absolutely healthy. This disappointing result was caused by the fact that newborn babies are born with much worse health, and the ecological situation only worsens. In addition, the physical load in children is reduced, because parents do not have enough time to study with them, and therefore children suffer from hypodynamia.

Another reason for this trend is that parents are more focused on the development of the child's intellectual abilities: computer games and a variety of circles in which the children are engaged for the most part sitting. These and some other reasons lead to the fact that many children are disturbed by their posture, flat feet and respiratory diseases develop. In connection with this, preventive measures are necessary to prevent the development of diseases and their correction.

An effective method of correction of diseases of the respiratory system and the apparatus of the musculoskeletal system is therapeutic exercise in the kindergarten.

Wellness gymnastics for correction of diseases are conducted in the form of lessons. One lesson for children of three or four years lasts about twenty-twenty-five minutes, for children of five or six years - thirty-thirty-five minutes. Exercises are carried out for two weeks: the main part of the complex of exercises does not change, only the first, the preparatory, and the last, final, parts are changed. Classes should be conducted in a well-ventilated room on the mats. Children should be without shoes (in socks) and in light clothes.

Therapeutic physical training in the kindergarten is mainly carried out with the goal of preventing and correcting respiratory diseases and the apparatus of the musculoskeletal system.

This goal is achieved by performing the following tasks:

When doing the exercise, you must adhere to the following principles: