Shera Lyn Parpia (asker) Jan 10, 2015:

Thanks for all the help but I can't award points without anyone posting replies in the right section!

Giles Watson Jan 10, 2015:

Three for the price of two The phrase says that the play activity successfully integrates purposeful movement (praxis), cognition (gnosis) and language.

Since Italian likes to organise its attributives in pairs, the first two are fused together in the neologism "prattognostici", as Elena points out, and Rachel is right to say that "practognostic" is the English equivalent. If your Italian text is in sciencespeak, this might be the option to go for.

English likes triplets, though, so you could happily unbundle the two elements in "prattognostici", translate them separately and tack on "linguistici" to provide a satisfying triplet, which might be a better option if the text is intended for the general public.

Elena Zanetti Jan 10, 2015:

è un neologismo, c'è da vedere se è in uso anche in inglese o se bisogna usare una perifrasi...

Rachel Fell Jan 10, 2015:

practognostic-? http://www.learninginfo.org/types-of-dyscalculia.htm (and elsewhere)

Shera Lyn Parpia (asker) Jan 10, 2015:

this term is something more than mere praxis, which is why I asked for help.

Thank you to everyone who has contributed so far. I wish there was a dictionary!

Teo_Stones (X) Jan 10, 2015:

It is called Praxis, or motor execution, motor planning
http://www.occupationaltherapychildren.com.au/blog/praxis-it...

Elena Zanetti Jan 10, 2015:

https://books.google.it/books?id=ZyGRq_OIFDcC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA...

Shera Lyn Parpia (asker) Jan 10, 2015:

missdutch thanks for the links!

P.L.F. Persio Jan 10, 2015:

Praxis: Hi Shera Lyn; fine motor skills/abilities is good, but you could also find something useful here:http://www.occupationaltherapychildren.com.au/blog/praxis-it... and here: http://www.childdevelopment.com.au/visual-processing/218