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Pivot to Play Certified™ Level 2: Strengths, Skills & Motor Patterns
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Level 2 Lesson 1: Criss Cross and Noodling the Movement
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What Is Crossing the Midline?
Topic 3: What Does It Look Like and Why Is It Important for the Classroom?
Topic 4: What Is Motor Planning?
Topic 5: What Does Motor Planning Look Like and How Do We Strengthen It?
Topic 6: Wrap-Up
Topic 7: Reading & References
Lesson 1 Quiz: Crossing the Midline and Motor Planning
Level 2 Lesson 2: I Hear Ya and I See Ya!
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: Language & Auditory Awareness
Topic 3: Visual Awareness
Topic 4: How Do They Transfer to the Classroom & How Can We Strengthen Them?
Topic 5: Wrap-Up
Topic 6: Reading & References
Lesson 2 Quiz: Visual and Auditory Awareness
Level 2 Lesson 3: Where Am I & How Much of Me Is There?
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What Is Body Awareness?
Topic 3: What Does Poor Body Awareness Look Like & How Can I Help?
Topic 4: What is Spatial Awareness?
Topic 5: What Does Poor Spatial Awareness Look Like & How Do They Both Transfer to the Classroom?
Topic 6: Wrap-Up
Topic 7: Reading & References
Lesson 3 Quiz: Body and Spatial Awareness
Level 2 Lesson 4: Up, Down, Let's Stomp, Stomp, Clap!
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: Directional Awareness
Topic 3: How Is It Transferred to the Classroom, What Does It Look Like and How Can I Help?
Topic 4: Temporal Awareness
Topic 5: How Is It Transferred to the Classroom, What Does It Look Like and How Can I Help?
Topic 6: Wrap-Up
Topic 7: Reading & References
Lesson 4 Quiz: Directional and Temporal Awareness
Level 2 Lesson 5: Hands & Arms Do More Than Throw a Ball
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What Is Grip Strength?
Topic 3: Why Is It Important, What Does It Look Like and How Can I Help?
Topic 4: What Is Upper Body Strength?
Topic 5: Why Is It Important, What Does It Look Like and How Can I Help?
Topic 6: What Is Eye-Hand Coordination?
Topic 7: Why Is It Important, What Does It Look Like and How Can I Help?
Topic 8: Wrap-Up
Topic 9: Reading & References
Lesson 5 Quiz: Grip, Upper Body Strength and Eye_Hand Coordination
Level 2 Lesson 6: Legs, Jacks and Trees
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What Is Lower Body Strength?
Topic 3: Why Is It Important and How Do We Strengthen It?
Topic 4: What Is Bilateral Movement and Why Is It Important?
Topic 5: What Is Balance and How Can I Help?
Topic 6: Wrap-Up
Topic 7: Reading and References
Lesson 6 Quiz: Lower Body, Bilateral Movement and Balance
Level 2 Lesson 7: Tips & Tricks
Topic 1: Introduction
Topic 2: What Is It Like Working in a School or on Your Own?
Topic 3: Behavior Control, Digging Deeper
Topic 4: Class Flow and Transitions
Topic 5: The Art of Anticipation
Topic 6: Wrap-Up
Topic 7: References
Lesson 7 Quiz: Tips and Tricks
Level 2 Lesson 8: Level 2 Games
Final Quiz: Pivot to Play Certified™ Coach
Lesson 1 Quiz: Crossing the Midline and Motor Planning
The transverse plane cuts the body in half
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Front and back
Top and bottom
Right and left
Diagonally
The coronal plane cuts the body in half
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Front and back
Top and bottom
Right and left
Diagonally
The sagittal plane cuts the body in half
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Front and back
Top and bottom
Right and left
Diagonally
A synapsis of neurons happens as a result of
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An electrical charge
A protein deficiency
An experience
Rolling over
Most brain growth happens before
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Age 5
Middle school
High school
College
The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body and is responsible for
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Art and reasoning
Objectivity and creativity
Imagination and science
Math and language
Babies function almost exclusively in the
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Left brain world of creativity
Right brain world of emotion
Left brain world of reasoning
Right brain world of facial expressions
The left brain comes fully online at about
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Age 5
Age 7
Age 12
High school
The corpus callosum contains the nerve fibers that allow the left and right brain to
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Synthesize
Execute
React
Communicate
Crossing the midline happens when we
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Sit and pay attention
Jump up and down
Touch right hand to left knee
Take a nap
Crossing the midline happens when we (check all that apply)
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Screw on a bottle top
Skip
Stand in line
Cross the monkey bars
Forward fold in yoga
Read a book
An early sign the brain is maturing is
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Walking before 9 months
The development of a dominant hand
Accelerated math skills
Early reading
Improper development of right and left brain integration are indicated by (check all that apply)
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Ambidextrous use of hands
The development of a helper hand
Limited trunk rotation
Struggles with brushing teeth
Early reading
A change of hands when playing or writing
Struggles with crossing the midline can be associated with ___________ because _____________ requires crossing the midline
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Writing skills; ambidextrous abilities
Math proficiency; addition
Ambidextrous abilities; snapping
Dyslexia; reading
Understanding what a motor task is:
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Planning
Ideation
Organization
Execution
Motor planning requires (check all that apply)
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Planning
Organization
Core strength
Aerobic strength
A dominant hand
Fine motor skills
Motor planning skills get __________ and ____________ with __________
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Easier; faster; practice
Organized; executed; proficiency
Harder; more cumbersome; skill
Challenging; exciting; ideation
Children with strong motor planning skills
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Are happier
Move fluidly
Get better grades
Read earlier
Children with Dyspraxia have a hard time (check all that apply)
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Being on time
Organizing their book bag
Telling time
Crossing the midline
Moving with skill
Developing a helper hand
Motor planning requires understanding
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The alphabet
That 7 comes before 10
A sequence
That we read from left to right
Dyspraxia is eased by learning to
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Diving right in
Tackling it all at one time
Mastering Minecraft
Break tasks into small steps