Nearly a third of four-year-olds cannot walk in a straight line [tr]

Daily Mail ^ | 9/2/16 | Harris

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Nearly a third of four-year-olds are too unfit to start school: Sedentary lifestyles means some youngsters cannot walk in a straight line

Spending too long in car seats and playing on iPads affects basic skills

Many youngsters have trouble with balance and co-ordination as result

Some cannot crawl on hands and knees or throw bean bags through hoops

This is affecting their ability to learn in class say researchers

Too many four-year-olds are not ‘physically ready’ to start school amid increasingly sedentary lifestyles and over-reliance on screens, a new study has revealed.

They are struggling with basic balance and co-ordination skills such as managing to walk in a straight line.

Researchers warn that problems cut across social classes, with youngsters spending too long in car seats and turning to iPads and iPhones instead of physical activity.

Early years specialists in Loughborough University’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences tested 45 reception youngsters aged four and five at a state primary school in Leicester and an independent school in York.

They discovered large numbers ‘experiencing problems with balance and coordination’ that affected their ability to learn in class.

[minnesota_bound]

What is in their milk bottle?
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[Safetgiver]

Seriously. Who is Ron White? I thought he was the black detective on Barney Miller?

[minnesota_bound]

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[M Kehoe]

So what? I'm 63 and can't walk a straight line.

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