Leap Frog
Skills:
Physical: jumping over a person, balance, upper and lower limb coordination
Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing
Social: turn taking
Number of participants:
2 or more
Equipment:
none
Description:
- child(ren) assume a crouched position
- one child jumps over the other child(ren)
- the “leaping” child then gets into a crouched position at the end of line and another child “leaps”
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 task: lower the number of jumps for the activity to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the task:
- have the child jump higher to increase physical demand
- increase the number of jumps for the activity to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- the child will be able to take turns with friends, leaping and crouching when appropriate, 5 times in a row
- I can leap frog over my friend when it is my turn
