Puzzle Balances
Skills:
Physical: upper and lower limb coordination, reaction time, gross motor skill, balance
Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention, visual processing
Social: awareness of personal space
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
none
Description:
- children are asked to achieve different types of balances by having a different number of body parts on the ground (i.e., two feet and two elbows, head, two hands and two feet)
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:
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: have child complete the activity with another child and only allow one base of support between the two children to increase physical and social demand
Change the task: have the child hold each balance for a few seconds to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- the child is able to demonstrate 3 different balances with 2 body parts on the ground
- I can balance
