​Hoskins Clinic for Kinderkinetics
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Kinderkinetics involves the development in movement of a learner in totality.
This programme will be therapeutic, preventive and will be presented as an advancement to suit the developmental or physical needs of your child as determined through scientifically based evaluations. Correction, improvement and maintaining of the physical development of babies, toddlers and young children, prove to have benefits for their health, as well as their total wellbeing.
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For general gross motor development the critical phase for stimulation is from birth to 5 years of age. Optimal perceptual motor development would take place between 3.5 years of age to 7 years and fine motor development from birth to 9 years of age. A lack of necessary motor stimulation can have an overwhelming negative effect on the child later in life, which will consequently lead to disabilities and limitations on various levels of development, such as motor skills, physical ability, psychosocial skills and emotional functioning.
Kinderkinetics has a therapeutic, preventing and / or improving aspect to meet the specific needs of your child, as determined through a scientific evaluation process. Kinderkinetics consists of various programmes, which differ according to the individual needs of children as well as different levels of age and skill.
"What motivates staff members and students in this branch of postgraduate study, is the realization that children need to develop many skills to adjust to an face the world around them. The general window of opportunity for basic gross motor skills is generally recognised to be from the prenatal period around the age of five years. Research has shown that movement is a very effective learning medium for young children. This is why Kinderkinetics has become a specialized professional field.

As a structured tertiary programme, Kinderkinetics was first conceived and taught in South Africa at the North West University (NWU). ... As a career, it seeks to promote healthy lifestyles in children between birth and 12 years of age. It also helps to develop children holistically by stimulating, remedying and promoting specific motor and physical movement. The correction and improvement of the motor and physical development is at the heart of this qualification.

The word KINDER (children) refers to the specialization area focussing on children between birth and 12 years of age, while KINESES (movement) refers to the enhancing and rectifying of children's movement abilities within their first 12 years. From muscles to motor skills, the unfolding picture of children's physical development is an exciting experience to observe, analyse and enhance." (Faculty of Education newsletter, Stellenbosch University, July 2011: 21)
Kinderkinetics in a nutshell
"We specialise in helping children get
complete control of their bodies"
