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My son Kurtis is at the age where he does "mini-pushups", and he starts investigating how to roll from his stomach to his back from this position by letting his head fall to the side. When he gets in the pushup position, I often try to guide him through the roll to help him learn the movement.

The first time I tried to guide him, he resisted me and focused on maintaining his structure. So the next thing I tried was gently pushing him in the opposite direction, and then when fought against me I used his momentum to guide him through a slow, controlled roll.

Now we play this game several times a day. I have no idea if this is helping him learn anything, but it's fun.

this sort of play is extremely good for kids' kinesthetic development.