Hop Step Jump
Skills:
Physical: coordinated hopping, balance, upper and lower limb coordination
Cognitive: visual processing
Social: turn-taking
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
none
Description:
- children hop forward on right foot, step onto left foot and spring forward to land on both feet
- the leader measures the distance travelled from start to finish
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 environment: give the child a verbal signal of “go” when it is their turn to decrease social demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: challenge the child to use their arms when doing hop, step, jump to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- The child is able to hop, step, jump a distance of 1m, 3 out of 5 times with support from holding a partner’s hand
- I can hop, step and jump
