Young children who had been identified as having co-ordination problems have made massive improvements as a result of undergoing a ten-week programme of targeted activities.
The simple programme devised by researchers at Leeds University involved the children, aged between three and five years old, undertaking routine tasks such as bursting bubble wrap or riding a trike for 20 minutes a day for four or five days a week.
It is hoped that the progress the children made in the development of their motor skills will be sustained and will prevent them from having Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), or dyspraxia, which can blight a child's life.
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