Benefits of Swinging

Let your toddler swing!

The little one can swing on their belly, twist and turn, swing slow or fast, swing high or low.

Swinging is important for kids:

• Swinging strengthens your child’s core and helps with the development of balance.
• The rocking motion of swinging stimulates the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain that helps you focus.
• Swinging offers help with sensory integration, which is how your brain organizes and interprets information. Sensory Integration provides a foundation for later, more complex learning and behavior.
• Swinging is calming!
• Swinging encourages social interaction and development.
• The movement of swinging helps develop perceptual skills.
• Swinging increases spatial awareness.
• Swinging helps develop gross motor skills – pumping legs, running, jumping, etc.
• Swinging helps develop fine motor skills – grip strength, hand, arm, and finger coordination.
• Twisting and untwisting on the swing has additional benefits! According to research, the act of spinning stimulates different parts of a child’s brain simultaneously, which promotes the development of interconnected pathways in the brain. These connections are important for learning skills such as spatial awareness, rhythm, balance, muscle control, etc.

Make funny photos of your swinging toddler, upload to the App. Write whether he/she liked the process.