Snow Snake
Skills:
Physical: accuracy, hand-eye coordination, upper limb coordination
Cognitive: selective attention, visual processing
Social: turn taking
Number of participants:
2 or more
Equipment:
- sharpened stick about the length of an arrow or spear
Description:
- children throw a sharpened stick on the snow
- the stick that glides the furthest gets a point
History:
Snow Snake was a traditional winter game played by the Dene as a competition for men who returned from the annual hunt. It was originally a form of communication between villages.
Wheelchair friendly?
Yes
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment: have the parent/coach retrieve the stick to decrease physical demand
Change the task: have the child throw from standing to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: have the child retrieve the stick using different locomotor skills each time (e.g., running, side stepping, walking backwards) to increase physical and cognitive demand
Change the task: have the child take running steps before throwing to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- the child will be able to throw the stick for a distance of 5m in 8 out of 10 tries by the end of the program
- I can throw the stick
