How to Do the Cross Crawl Exercise with Video Modeling
Here is a classic bilateral coordination exercise freebie from the 25 Bilateral Coordination Exercises.
It is an instructional hand out on how to do the Cross Crawl exercise, including a QR code to link to a video demonstration of the exercise. You can download the freebie at the bottom of this post.
If you are not familiar with QR codes, they are a black and white image with squares, that stores website links for reading by the camera on a smartphone.
How to Do the Cross Crawl
This exercise is super popular in classrooms to give students a quick brain break that involves bilateral coordination. It may appear simple but for some children this is a very tricky exercise that they may need to practice over and over again. Having the video modeling with this hand out helps your students learn how to do the cross crawl by watching it in action.
Directions on How to Do the Cross Crawl Exercise:
1. Start with feet together, hands up at your side.
2. Lift your right knee up and touch it with your left hand.
3. Bring your hands back up.
4. Switch and lift your left knee up and touch it with your right hand.
How to Do the Cross Crawl Exercise Using the Video Modeling
To use these bilateral coordination exercise sheets, the child can simply use a QR code reader to take them immediately to the demonstration video or just click on the video link. This allows children to watch the video over and over again if necessary to learn the skill. It also helps parents and teachers, so they can check if the child is performing the exercise correctly.
Research has shown that video modeling can help individuals with moderate intellectual disabilities to learn gross motor skills (1). Video modeling has been shown to be effective in teaching skills to children with autism. The research indicated that a child should watch the video 1-3 times before attempting the task (2).
Get more information on 25 Bilateral Coordination Exercises here.
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References:
1. Linda C. Mechling and Catherine O. Swindle Fine and Gross Motor Task Performance When Using Computer-Based Video Models by Students With Autism and Moderate Intellectual Disability J Spec Educ November 2013 47: 135-147, first published on January 19, 2012 doi:10.1177/0022466911433859 .
2. Shipley-Benamou et al. (2002) Teaching Daily Living Skills to Children with Autism Through Instructional Video Modeling. Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions July 2002 vol. 4 no. 3 166-177
