Physical: balance, upper and lower limb coordination, agility, power

Cognitive: selective attention, sustained attention

Social: awareness of personal space

5 or more

skipping rope

1. groups form a single circle
2. one child kneels in the center and swings the rope around about 10-15 cm off the ground
3. other children attempt to jump over rope as it passes by
4. remind the person in the center to keep the rope low to the ground

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 child in the center spin the rope slower to decrease physical and cognitive demand

Change the environment: have the child in the center spin the rope higher off the ground to increase physical demand

Change the task: have the child in the center spin the rope faster to increase physical and cognitive demand

• in 2 weeks, the child will be able to coordinate their movement to jump over the rope as it passes them
• I can jump over the rope as it passes