1. Perceptual Motor Programme
A Motor Programme
for young children

2. What Is PMP?
(Perceptual Motor Programme)
•Helps a child develop an
understanding of themselves
and their world through
movement.
•Helps establish
“automaticity” of motor
tasks.
•Assists the brain to
“integrate” based on early
childhood motor milestones.
•Helps bridge the gap
between the early years and
formal learning.

3. What do we mean by „Perceptual‟ Motor
programme?
• We develop perceptions
(understanding) through movement
and motor experiences.
• We provide experiences through
carefully sequenced motor
activities
• Perceptions of
– Self
– Space
– Time
• We practice actions over and over
until they become automatic.

4. “Automaticity”
Motor skills that
are not automatic
dramatically
interfere with the
memory process and
a student‟s ability
to learn.

5. In the classroom „automaticity‟
is required for:
• Reading • Sitting still
• Handwriting • Adequate pencil
• Scissors grip
• Pasting • Following
instructions
• Gluing
• and many more
• Eye tracking

6. Integration – Automaticity
PMP Aims to Help the Following Become Automatic.
• Eye hand / Eye Foot
Coordination
• Fitness
• Locomotion
• Balance
• Laterality
• Directionality
• Body Image and Control
• Spatial Awareness
• Body Rhythm

7. Other outcomes
• Listening
• Looking (copying)
• Following instructions (orderliness)
• Focus and concentration
• Taking turns
• Routines
• Need for structure and clear consistent
expectations in the sessions

8. Language
• Intentional use of concept words for
each activity
• Classroom focus
I am crawling
through the
circle