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Relational psychomotricity

WHAT IS IT?

Psychomotricity is not simply free play or a spontaneous motor activity, it is an educational practice that considers the body as a privileged channel for action, interaction, and observation, helping to harmonize the different areas of development: cognitive, emotional-relational, and motor.
The psychomotricist welcomes, understands, and accompanies children in play, encouraging and supporting communication both individually and within the group.
The place where these games take place is a very private space for the children, a safe space, so I ask moms and dads to let the children tell about it when they are ready and if they want to, not to exclude but rather to support the educational relationship, since there will be plenty of opportunities for discussion.

MATERIALS

Children have at their disposal soft parallelepipeds and other materials such as: stuffed animals, colored cloths, cushions, soft swords…

DURATION

The session usually lasts about 1 hour, has a constant and repetitive structure to ensure safety and predictability, and is organized as follows:

welcome in the listening area
free play in the different areas of interest
development of the play
conclusion and distancing from the play
drawing/building with sticks/manipulation
final storytelling

During the session, the question the psychomotor therapist most often asks themselves is “what are the children telling me?” One of the tasks of the psychomotor therapist is to narrate, give voice to the children, and has the function of “translating” to facilitate communication because for children it is not easy to name the things of life, emotions, situations… the child first experiences them, then tries to understand, then recognizes, names, and identifies them.

THE SPACE

When the children enter (what we call the gym), the space is already prepared to welcome them. This place is a metaphor for the maternal body, with soft areas (like the breast, abdomen) and others that are more angular (like hands, arms, elbows).

The space is divided into 4 areas:

to welcome the children's stories
to remember the rules for playing together
to listen to the story that is read to them at the end of the meeting

2. An area is dedicated to the pleasure of experimenting: climbing, descending, jumping…
3. An area is dedicated to rolling, to welcoming slower movements: swinging, lying down…
4. An area is dedicated to the use of soft parallelepipeds for building, destroying…

1. An area is dedicated to listening:

Create

Experiential ARTISTIC Workshops

What are they? In its various forms (visual, music, dance…), art involves all the senses.

We talk about art because art is communication. Through the use of different materials and techniques (painting, collage, constructions…) it is possible to express oneself, give shape to ideas using languages other than just words, it is possible to tell one's story in another way, express what cannot be said.

On a social level, in art there are no right or wrong answers but rather interpretations, opinions… From a motor point of view, doing, experimenting helps to train and control large or small movements, hand-eye coordination for example: cutting, using a large or small brush…

The ultimate goal, the “artifact” that sometimes adults would like to be harmonious, beautiful, in reality is NOT beautiful in its aesthetic characteristics BUT it is beautiful because it is the result of so much effort, of many skills put into play by the child, everything that happened during its creation makes it precious, not the product itself.

Art and creativity have nothing to do with becoming artists but rather with facilitating creation, solving problems, and being helpful in expressing oneself.

The workshops we offer to children are designed and created sometimes by integrating the viewing of works by artists or by offering them activities that involve direct experimentation and manipulation of materials.

Clay

Handling clay is a truly unique creative and sensory experience.

Clay has all the characteristics to allow for a free, independent manipulative experience that involves all the senses.

It is a natural material, it comes from the earth, it is moist, has a good scent, is pleasant to the touch, is cool, soft, and can be easily shaped. It is a fascinating material, not only for its extraordinary plasticity, but also because it transforms in different ways. It can be used in solid or liquid form,
to the touch it feels cold, but it warms up as you handle it;
under the action of water it dissolves and in the air it dries.

This last aspect, in particular, especially excited the children.

via San Vincenzo n°5/a | 40015 San Vincenzo di Galliera -BO

Phone 051812337 | E-mail sacrocuoregalliera@gmail.com

School Code BO1A099003 | VAT 03749161208

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