Physical: lower limb coordination, balance, gross motor skill

Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention

Social: awareness of physical space, taking turns (if doing activity with other children)

1 or more

• medium-sized ball OR soccer ball
• 6+ cones OR chairs

1. child dribbles a soccer ball between cones

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: increase the space between cones/chairs to decrease physical demand

Change the task: allow the child to stop the ball with their foot every 2 cones to decrease physical demand

Change the equipment: use a larger ball to decrease the physical demand

Change the environment: increase the number of cones that the child needs to weave through to increase physical demand

Change the task: have the child alternate feet while dribbling to increase physical and cognitive demand

Change the equipment: have the child run while dribbling through the cones to increase physical demand

• in two weeks, the child will be able to dribble a larger ball when completing a 5-cone course (1m apart) 10 seconds faster than their initial time
• I can bounce the ball