Physical: upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skill

Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing

Social: turn taking

3 or more

• 1 balloon per pair

• the children lie on their stomachs in a circle, with their heads facing the center (ensure there is enough room in the center for the ball to move)
• each player must push the beach ball away and towards someone else in the circle
• instruct participants to use one or two hands depending on their objective
• each child tries to ensure the “sticky marshmallow” doesn’t touch the top of their head or face to avoid being covered with a sticky mess

This activity might not be suitable for people who use wheelchairs. “Wheelchair Friendly Activities” has a list of activities that are easy to adapt for wheelchair users. This list isn’t exhaustive, so we invite you to come up with your own creative ideas to make any activity work for you. If you have an idea on how to make this or any other activity more accessible for wheelchair users, We’d love to hear your ideas on how to make this or any other activity accessible for wheelchair users. Thank you for helping make play more inclusive!

Change the environment: have the children lie on their stomachs closer to each other to decrease physical demand

Change the equipment: have the child complete the activity with more children to increase social demand

• the child is able to stop the ball and push it away 3 out of 5 times, using only their left hand
• I can push the ball away from me