Winged swings - give a feeling of flight, from which the spirit freezes: it is scary, and funny, and fun. It is not for nothing that this is a favorite entertainment on the playground, there are queues for them, and it seems that they never get bored. According to experts, the love of children for this entertainment is formed even before they are born. What is the reason for such a love of swing? Let's figure it out.
All boys and girls love to swing, to be honest, and adults do too. The swing can be found on the city playground, and at the grandmother's dacha, and on the lawn of a rich mansion. And of course, your child will be simply delighted if you hang a personal garden swing for him during the warm season. Even a simple swing without a back that you can make yourself. Although, it is safer to buy ready-made, which will be stronger, and more beautiful than homemade ones. Researchers claim that this seemingly simple children's game has been known to mankind since ancient times, although the inventor has remained unknown.
The fundamental sensations - movement up and down, from side to side, were laid in infancy and form the love of swinging. Long before the baby is born, during gestation, the fetus sways to the beat of the mother's movements, and at the end of pregnancy, in combination with her heartbeat. Further, after the baby is born, he is often rocked either in his arms, or in a cradle, or in a stroller. As a result, the child becomes calm, stops being capricious and falls asleep well. During this lesson, the baby is in great health, he feels good and calm. If a child clings to his mother, then he begins to feel completely protected, this feeling will accompany him during growing up. The main reason that kids love to ride on a swing is the similarity of the pleasant feeling of motion sickness to riding on a swing. This feeling is laid down in infancy and becomes the main reason for such a strong love for this occupation.
Therefore, for a happy childhood, kids need rocking horses, rockers and carousels. It is believed that by swinging, the child compensates for the lack of attention from the mother. Although this is not an indicator that the child needs a more empathetic attitude. He just matured, and they stopped rocking him on the arms.
Back in the middle of the last century, the famous Soviet physiologist and morphologist, academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences Boris Nikolaevich Klosovsky, studying the brain, made an amazing discovery. It turns out that the mental development of children is interconnected with the development of their vestibular apparatus. The academician made an experiment and proved that the brains of kittens and puppies, which were subjected to stimulation of the vestibular apparatus, were a quarter larger than that of their peers who were in the usual calm state. Based on this, conclusions were drawn about the development of the child's brain.Now experimentally proven: rocking and twisting, stimulate the development of not only the vestibular apparatus and coordination, but also the brain regions responsible for speech, reading and writing. Who knows, maybe that's why children subconsciously choose these activities that are useful for them with greater pleasure than others? Just remember how the baby rejoices when his dad throws him up, right up to the ceiling, or spins him around playing the plane.
Therefore, you should not deny this pleasure to children or yourself - all kinds of swinging are very useful for the whole organism. Roughly speaking, this is a very good simulator on which you can train the vestibular apparatus, form the correct posture, strengthen various muscles of the back, arms, legs, and also teach the child to keep balance. During skiing, the child simultaneously relieves fatigue and stress, relaxes, calms down - ideal for an evening walk. And the dynamic adrenaline rush causes a little fear, brings great joy. The feeling of euphoria is due to the release of an endorphin known as the hormone of happiness. By the way, swinging is an excellent prevention of seasickness.
Oscillatory movements are generally natural in nature and have a beneficial effect on a person. During movement, a micro-massage of the vessels is obtained, due to which stagnant processes are eliminated in the body. Smooth and uniform movements set the same heartbeat rhythm. If you swing regularly, then the heart rate will gradually begin to recover. By the way, swings also help older people to improve their mood, relieve accumulated stress and cope with depression. Therefore, do not pass by the swing, swing the children and swing to health up to a hundred years and even more!
Author: Yulia Podrugina, mother and director of the network of children's development clubs Angelochek
