There are two ways that you can use these videos:

1. Use the video as a movement demonstration. Watch the video and see how the person in the video moves their hands to peel their banana. Then, practice peeling a banana and copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch and copy as often as you need.
   
2. Imagine yourself doing the action whilst watching it. Imagine that you are the person in the video. As you watch the video, try to imagine the feeling of moving your hands to peel a banana. Then, practice peeling a banana and copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch while imagining the feeling, and copy as often as you need.

Top tips for peeling a banana

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for peeling a banana:

• Hold the banana with one hand and use your stronger hand to peel it
• Grip the top of the banana with your stronger hand and pull it downwards smoothly
• Use your thumb and fingers to pinch the next section and pull the peel downwards smoothly

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to open bananas successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for opening a banana, performed by a typically developing child model and recorded from a first-person viewpoint. A qualified occupational therapist instructed the child model how to perform the movement demonstration to ensure that an appropriate technique was demonstrated. The videos are free for use by dyspraxic people, parents, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, teachers, or anybody else who would find them useful for supporting the learning of banana opening in children with dyspraxia/DCD.

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