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In PHQP 0014 Heavy Work, Jeff dives into the wonders of kids pushing, pulling, and hauling their way to growth. This episode unpacks how heavy work boosts strength and coordination, brings calm, and more. Episode Video Watch Now: PHQP_0014 Heavy Work Episode Notes Heavy Work Heavy Work Simplified Heavy Work 5 Simple Ways to Support “Heavy Work” The Important Role Of Kinetic Chains In Early Learning PHQP_0006 Don’t Neglect Sensory Integration The Benefits of Playful Aggression DIY | Concrete Blocks Balanced And Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children The Heavy Work Transcript Welcome to another episode of the Playvolution HQ podcast. I'm Jeff Johnson. Thank you for pushing play. On with the show. So, uh, oh look my slides are off. How untidy. Um, so I found a found a new dolphin bone at the beach the the other day to add to my loose parts collection. It's kind of broken down and battered but I kind of like it. I've got I've got five others two two other vertebrae and and a couple of a couple of ribs. So my plan is to eventually build build my own dolphin which I really look forward to. I find another bone every every eight months or so along the beach. It's been delightful. I'm pretty sure they're dolphins. 98% sure they're dolphins. They're not human and the we've got a lot more dolphins in the area than we do whales and they are mammal bones. So I'm assuming dolphins. If I find out otherwise I will let you know. So I'm excited for that growing collection of loose parts. Topic one for this episode is pretty much gonna be the theme of the whole show is heavy work. So heavy work is activity that pushes or pulls against the body or involves carrying and this is something that is really beneficial to kids. We'll get into that in a minute but this activity is just pushing pulling and carrying is is something kids are kind of wired and interested in and we should figure out how to how to work more of that into into their days. So heavy work involves creating force and defying gravity and so think about all the interesting ways kids apply gravity. Running is pushing really they're pushing their feet against the ground to propel themselves when they run. Jumping is pushing. Jumping is heavy work. Climbing is heavy work. Arms are pulling. Legs are pushing. So think about all those kind of activities. Hauling heavy buckets of sand. Pulling a wagon. Pushing somebody on a sled or pushing somebody who's sitting on a skateboard or riding a bike or riding rollerblades or climbing a tree. All of these kind of things. Digging is a form of heavy work and so it's all applying force and defying gravity. Pushing is applying force away from the body. Pulling, applying force toward the body. And carrying, moving while supporting something. And so these three things are a really big part of sensory integration and physical development. I mentioned heavy work in previous episodes but really for sensory integration there's a lot going on here because they're understanding their proprioceptive system, the awareness of their body in space. They're building their vestibular system, their sense of balance. They're learning to understand their interoceptive system, all of the feelings that they have going on inside of them. Plus they're building muscle strength and control, hand-eye coordination and not just hand-eye, hand-foot coordination, visual tracking skills, listening skills are often involved in heavy work and on and on it goes. And so there's a lot of good learning here going on. And the problem of course is heavy work requires kids to be up and moving and active and a lot of early learning programs are adverse to kids actively engaging their bodies. I mean, look, they might have scheduled physical activity time. Maybe it's free play out in the playground. Maybe it's adult-led calisthenics.