Bear Crawl
Skills:
Physical: balance on all fours, upper and lower limb coordination
Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention
Social: awareness of personal space if doing with more than one child
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
none
Description:
- child walks on their hands and feet, like a bear
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the task:
- decrease distance to crawl on all fours to decrease physical demand
- have child assume and hold the bear crawl position without moving forwards to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the task:
- increase distance to crawl on all fours to increase physical demand
- have the child do the bear crawl backwards to increase physical and cognitive demand
Goal examples:
- I will crawl on all fours for 30 seconds, 3 times in a row
- I can crawl on my hands and knees
