Alphabet Jump
Skills:
Physical: accurate jumping and landing, balance, upper and lower limb coordination
Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention, visual processing
Social: taking turns (if doing activity with more than one person)
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
chalk
Description:
- child jumps on the letter that is called out by the coach
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment:
- draw letters closer together to decrease physical demand
- draw letters in the child’s name to decrease cognitive demand
Change the task: use different coloured chalk instead of differentiating the squares by letters to decrease cognitive demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: vary the distance between the letters to increase physical and cognitive demand
Change the task: have the child jump on letters to spell their name to increase cognitive demand
Goal examples:
- child will be able to jump inside the square without touching the lines, 8 out of 10 times
- I can jump into the chalk squares
