06/11/2025
✅ Why Balance is Important for Children
Builds Core Strength: Good balance relies on a strong core, which helps with posture, sitting upright at school, and supporting growing bodies.
Improves Coordination: Balance activities help children learn how to move arms, legs, and eyes together smoothly — essential for playing sports, riding bikes, and everyday tasks.
Enhances Body Awareness: It teaches kids where their body is in space, helping prevent accidents and improving motor planning.
Supports School Readiness: Better balance can assist with handwriting, reading posture, and attention — the body needs stability before the brain can focus.
Boosts Confidence & Independence: As kids master new movements, they gain pride in their physical ability and are more willing to try new things.
🌀 Using a Balance Cushion
A balance cushion is a fun and helpful tool to challenge and improve core stability and balance in a safe way.
It can support children by:
Encouraging active sitting, which engages core muscles during schoolwork or screen time
Improving postural control, especially for children who find sitting still or upright difficult
Making balance activities playful — like standing on it for games, throwing and catching, or even completing puzzles
Assisting with sensory regulation by giving movement input while seated
🎯 Simple Balance Cushion Activities
Stand & Toss: Stand on the cushion while throwing and catching a beanbag or ball
One-Leg Challenge: Try balancing on one foot, then switch
Active Chair Time: Sit on the cushion at the table to help focus and posture
Animal Moves: Pretend to be animals — flamingo (1 leg), frog jumps, etc.
