Fun Movement Activities
Hopscotch
Skills Addressed: Strength, bilateral coordination, motor planning, balance, single leg stance
How to adapt: Start with jumping in/out rather than hop/jump. Make the pattern larger/smaller/more challenging. Toss a rock or beanbag to skip a square. Hop on each square instead of hop/jump.
Obstacle Course
Skills Addressed:** KEY for obstacle courses is to complete them slowly with good control ** Balance, motor planning, strength, endurance, body awareness, throwing, jumping skills
How to Adapt: Increase distance for jumping forward or down, increasing or decreasing width of balance beam line, walk on tip toes, heel walk, hop on 1 foot, crawl, knee walk, add rolling, increase/decrease number of activities included in obstacle course
Household items to use: Step stools/thick book/ laundry basket upside down for jumping down from. Pillows/folded blankets/seat cushions for walking across for balance, kitchen chair or hang a blanket across 2 chairs to crawl under for a tunnel, use balled up socks for throwing, pans turned upside down for stepping stones, rope on floor for balance beam, soup cans for cones to weave around, sidewalk chalk for outside obstacle courses
Ball Play (9 year old)
Skills Addressed: Eye-hand coordination, overall coordination, motor planning, bilateral coordination, graded control
How to Adapt: Change the size of the ball, use a balloon or weighted ball, change the target to toss to or into, change the distance. Have the child reach in all directions to catch ie: up high or to right or left. Progression of ball catching- trap with body and arms- catch with both hands- catch with one hand. Increase difficulty level w/ tennis ball - ie: bounce catch with two hands to one hand to alternating hands.
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