Jump around

#jumping#movement#energy#play

Jumping is one of the simplest ways to give the body pressure and movement, and that need does not disappear because the clock says seven. The problem is that jumping has no built-in ending. The pictures below set a visible limit so the energy gets room without derailing the evening.

A boy jumps with his arms up and motion arcs with yellow dots around him.

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Jump around

A boy jumps with his arms up and motion arcs with yellow dots around him.

A boy jumps barefoot with his arms up and motion lines around his feet.

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Jump around

A boy jumps barefoot with his arms up and motion lines around his feet.

About this visual support

The body asks for movement in different ways, and jumping is one of the clearest. It gives pressure in the joints, rhythm and a sense of where the body is in the room, which for many children is directly calming. The conflict rarely concerns the need itself but the timing: the same jumping that is excellent at four works less well at half past seven in a flat.

Visual support makes it possible to say yes to the need and no to the timing at once. One picture for where jumping is allowed, one for how long and one for what comes next gives a frame that does not need negotiating every evening. A child who sees the ending in advance can put more into the beginning.

A concrete tip is to finish with something that gives pressure but less noise, pressing the hands against a wall for instance. The body then gets similar input without the neighbours hearing it. In Routined the movement slot can sit before the evening routine with a timer, and the app can be tried for fourteen days at no cost.