Day at the Park

Getting ready for the beautiful, sunny day.

He's so excited he didn't even want to get dressed!

     It is a beautiful day outside today. Our activities took place outside for this one. Kayden and I decided to go to the park. I walked there and he drove his battery powered car. He loves his car and the days it's nice enough to drive it outside makes it that much more fun. We had a wonderful time and had nothing but smiles on our faces. I'm glad that we found an activity that will challenge his hand eye coordination skills at such a young age. Not a worry in the world was on my mind during our time together today. I was amused because he definitely gets his driving skills from me. Today we managed to only put two scratches on the car. This is an accomplishment! Kayden screamed, "BEEP BEEP, out of my way!" to everyone and everything. He even said it to the park bench whom wouldn't get out of the way, which explains the scratches. We parked the car and played on the playground for a while. He likes to swing across the monkey bars with me holding him up. He says, "I monkey mommy!" 
I feel it is super important to engage your children in activities that challenge their hand eye coordination at a young age. After doing more research on the importance of this, I find it even more necessary than before. Van Thomas states that "Hand-eye coordination is the ability to track the movements of the hands with the eyes, thus enabling the eyes to send important signals to the brain about hand movement. Poor hand-eye coordination can greatly compromise your ability to exercise and can also affect everyday tasks such as writing." http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/importance-handeye-coordination-10148.html Stressing the importance of this is needed because without the proper hand eye coordination your brain can't send the proper signals to your muscles so an activity such as simple exercises could be potentially difficult for one who doesn't have the coordination compared to someone who does.