Physical: balance while unstable (in socks), upper and lower limb coordination, agility

Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention

Social: awareness of personal space if doing with more than one child

1 or more

socks

1. child “skates” in socks by sliding their feet on the floor

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 task: child takes smaller “slides” to decrease physical demand

Change the environment: have the child hold the coach’s hand to decrease physical demand

Change the task: have the child spin or change direction to increase physical and cognitive demand

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

Change the equipment: have the child “skate” on paper plates to increase physical and cognitive demand

• the child is able to skate around the house without falling for 1 minute, 3 times in a row
• I can skate around my house in my socks