It's Physics: Using their core muscles, kids shift their center of mass away from and toward the center of rotation; unleashing the power of gravitational potential energy to spin as long and fast as they like.
Not only is spinning good, PhysActive Fun but it provides powerful vestibular stimulation (see more below) which can help kids better regulate their emotions and behaviors. After spinning, kids will seem more settled and ready to focus and pay attention.
Kids can feel how their gross motor movements, and the timing of those movements, results in acceleration or deceleration. Effort is rewarded by the thrill of spinning and a real sense of achievement.
Why Some Good Kids Have Bad Days
Physically active play is important for children to get the sensory input they need to help regulate their emotions and behaviors. For a variety of reasons, a lot of children are prone to the occassional difficult day.
Nowadays, kids are "protected" from merry-go-rounds, monkey bars and jungle gyms that provided powerful sensory input.
Sedentary play means kids aren't getting the same physically active fun as previous generations, resulting in less fitness and sensory input.
For safety's sake, some kids are shuttled from one container to the next and might not develop enough core strength to get the sensory input they need.
Sedentary play means kids aren't getting the same physically active fun as previous generations, resulting in less fitness and sensory input.
Emotions: Regulating their focus and attention becomes difficult.
Behavior: Their capacity to regulate their actions and behaviors is hindered.
Attention and Focus: Regulating their focus and attention is difficult.
Cognitive: Regulating the mental processes for problem solving and persistence to tasks is difficult.
The rich proprioceptive and vestibular input from spinning on WhirlyGoRound can help build core strength and regulate their sensory systems, leading to a cascade of positive benefits.
Physical Affect:Better balance, coordination, eye tracking, visual processing, reading ability, attention, concentration, ability to focus, cognitive processing, enhances neuroplasticity, releases endorphins.
Mood Affect: Better impulse control, ability to self-regulate emotions, behaviors, focus and pay attention.
WhirlyGoRound is 100% Kid-Powered
Physical Affect:Strengthens core including abdomen, back, hip flexors and shoulder girdle; ability to sit still for long periods, achieve level of movement and play to get sufficient sensory input. balance, body awareness and coordination, releases endorphins.
Mood Affect: Increased calm, less fidgety, more settled and content.
WhirlyGoRound is designed for use in commercial settings, making it more costly than most families can afford.
If there is a child in your care whose family would benefit from WhirlyGoRound please tell them about this family discount.
Hand-crafted with premium bamboo, WhirlyGoRound exudes durability and quality, a stark contrast to the mass-produced plastic toys that dominate child-friendly environments.
Steel bearing assembly: Ensures years of continued fun even with heavy use.
Handcrafted: Each WhirlyGoRound is meticulously built with attention to durability and quality.
