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
Wheelchair friendly?
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!
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
