Physical: upper limb coordination, hand-eye coordination, fine motor skill

Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing

Social: turn taking, team work

5 or more

• 5-10 balls
• 1-3 large blankets or parachutes

1. divide the children into 2 groups (throwers and catchers)
2. the throwers hold onto the edges of the blanket
3. the catchers scatter a distance away and prepare to catch the tossed ball
4. throwers must work together to catch the tossed ball
5. throwers must work together to send the ball at an appropriate height for the catchers to catch
6. children change roles

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: have the children play in a smaller space to decrease physical demand

Change the task: increase the number of children to increase social demand

Change the equipment: have the throwers toss more than one ball at a time so the catchers need to catch more than one ball to increase physical and cognitive demand

• the child is able to catch 2 consecutive balls tossed in the air by the throwers
• I can catch and throw the ball to my friends