Hot Potato
Skills:
Physical: quick and accurate toss and release, upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination, reaction time
Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing
Social: turn taking
Number of participants:
2 or more
Equipment:
small-sized ball or bean bag
Description:
- children quickly pass around a ball/bean bag without holding it in their hands for more than 1-3 sec
Wheelchair friendly?
Yes
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment: decrease the distance between the children to decrease physical demand
Change the task:
- allow child to hold the ball for longer to decrease physical demand
- have the children sit during the activity to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: increase the distance between children to increase physical demand
Change the task: with 2 balls, have the children try to have one ball catch up to the other ball to increase physical, cognitive and social demand
Change the equipment: have children play with 2 balls to increase physical and cognitive demand
Goal examples:
- the child will be able to toss the ball/ bean bag to their friend within 3 seconds of catching it, 3 out of 4 times
- I can catch and throw the ball/ bean bag to my friends