Crawling (on hands and knees) is an unusual movement skill as children very rarely see us doing it and, once mastered, it doesn’t really continue to play a prominent role in their activities.
It also receives an extraordinary level of interest, despite the fact that not all children crawl in the conventional way, some cultures cannot afford opportunities to crawl due to safety and environmental reasons, and some children dislike this movement due to sensitivities in their ears and hands.
However, like rolling (see Nursery World, February 2021), crawling provides a uniquely powerful way to promote overall muscle strength, endurance, co-ordination, balance and agility.
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