Physical: coordinated hopping, balance, upper and lower limb coordination

Cognitive: auditory processing

1 or more

drum, tambourine, or music player

1. listening to the drumbeat, children hop to the beat of the drum

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: count out loud with the child to help them find the beat to decease  cognitive demand

Change the task: allow the child to hop on two feet to decrease physical demand

Change the environment: challenge the child to stay in one spot to increase physical demand

Change the task: challenge the child to hop to the beat in one spot on one leg and another spot on the other leg to increase physical and cognitive demand

• I will be able to hop continually to the beat of the music for 2 minutes with my family
• I can hop to the beat of the drum