Standing Long Jump
Skills:
Physical: jumping over long distances, balance, upper and lower limb coordination, power
Cognitive: selective attention, sustained attention
Social: turn taking
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
- measuring tape
- ruler
Description:
- child stands and jumps forward as far as possible
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 environment:
- provide a visual cue/target for the child to jump to decrease cognitive demand
- provide verbal cuing for child to use their arms for momentum to decrease cognitive demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the task: have the child jump a long distance several times in a row to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- the child will jump a distance of 1m, 3 times in a row
- I can jump with two feet together
