The Balancing Rod is used to test and improve abilities of eye-hand coordination. Many children suffering from dyslexia face serious problems balancing a rod on the back of their hand. This is caused by weak coordination of the brain-hemispheres which often makes it impossible to start and control the number of actions that would be necessary in order to balance the rod.

Balancing an object on your hand demands a great number of motor patterns which must be activated and controlled. Initiated by the visual perception, the hand, the forearm and even the whole body must be involved to keep an object in balance. Moreover the speed of the hand movement must be adjusted properly to the movement of the rod. Therefore balancing with the rod teaches the child sensor and motor abilities that are essential for its whole development. The Balancing Rod set consists of two high quality coated aluminium parts (50 cm each) which can be joint together.

The delivery includes some coloured sticking stripes which may improve (especially little) childrens’ orientation.