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Bilateral coordination is the ability to use both sides of the body together in a coordinated way. It is also known as bilateral integration. Many childhood and school activities require your child to be able to use both hands together well. A child who is delayed in developing bilateral coordination skills may prefer to use one hand alone rather than both hands together, and may appear awkward or clumsy in some gross and fine motor activities. Studies have also found that there is a link between bilateral motor skills and academic performance. Some researchers suggest that coordination exercises may stimulate the parts of the brain that are needed for thinking and for paying attention. Tasks That Require Bilateral IntegrationCoordinated bilateral movements engage different sensory and motor areas on both hemispheres of the brain as well as the corpus callosum and cerebellum. Those parts of the brain work together to help to produce the complex bilateral movements that make up so much of our daily lives. Below are just a few of the many activities that need both sides of the body to work together well. When bilateral integration is poor, then the child may avoid these activities, or the child may seem clumsy, inefficient and uncoordinated when taking part in them. Some Gross Motor Activities That Use Bilateral Coordination
Some Fine Motor Activities That
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