DD1 (7) has dyspraxia and very poor muscle tone. We have noticed this more so recently as DD2 (5) has suddenly lost her toddler tummy and is developing the long lean child look. DD1 has the long lean arms and legs but no core tone at all. She is also starting to gain weight as she can't ride a bike/climbs on climbing frames/run like others her age. She hates anything physical because it is very tricky and awkward.
She has 1 to 1 swimming lesson for half an hour once a week, we walk most places, she has stopped doing tap recently as all her friends passed their exams (she was no where near co-ordinated enough for an exam routine) and have moved up a group and leaving her with the reception starters. She can't balance a bike to ride and the physical act of pedalling is currently impossible. We throw her out onto the trampoline daily, weather permitting and she is learning to bounce herself. We have been discharged from the Occupational Therapists as she has had the allocated 6 sessions and cuts mean they are so overloaded they can't offer us anything more.
Any ideas on good exercises to build core strength?
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Strengthening DD's core
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GherkinsOnToast · 03/04/2016 21:08
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