Stork Stance
Skills:
Physical: balancing on one foot, lower and upper limb coordination
Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention
Social: taking turns (if doing activity with more than one person)
Number of participants:
1 or more
Equipment:
none
Description:
- child stands on one foot with the non-support foot placed against the knee of the supporting leg
- child maintains balance without wobbling
- child assumes stork stance on other leg
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment:
- have the child hold their arms out to the side to decrease physical demand
- have the child hold onto a parent or adult during the activity to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the task:
- have the child put their hands on their head to increase physical demand
- have the child close their eyes to increase physical demand
Goal examples:
- with their hands on their hips, the child will hold the stork stance on each leg without wobbling for 10 seconds
- I can balance like a stork
