Why do boys and young ladies move so much?

By Prof Jack Leo

The boy and the girl are said and exist by their motor skills. On the one hand, motor skills are instrumental, they support action on the world of objects. On the other, it is relational, it is the expression of affectivity and support for communication with human interlocutors. Through each motor action of the child, we can decipher a meaning, observe a way of doing things that is specific to each person. The spontaneous action of the child will inform us of the way in which she perceives the material and relational environment. His action is an indication of the expression of the body in its essential being and in its relationship with the other. Likewise, his action manifests his capacity to undertake an activity, organize and carry it out.
As psychomotricity professionals, our job is to know how to read what is hidden behind that apparent part of the act of moving. Beyond the analysis of the purely mechanical action, it is necessary to know what gives meaning to the child's movement. The action has a psychic dimension that goes unnoticed, because only its outward appearance is perceived. However, "it is not about separating the impulsive from the functional. This would again mechanize and uninhabit the functional body, to isolate the impulsive and living body of the subject from the real context" (Robert-Ouvray, 1997, p. 19).
The interest lies in considering "the structural aspect of the motor organization in the child's development and its possible participation in the processes related to the psychosomatic unit" (ibid., p. 19).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0B8RJ811B
• ISBN13: 9798844108860
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"