Tightrope
Skills:
Physical: balance while walking along a thin path, upper and lower limb coordination
Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention
Number of participants:
one
Equipment:
rope
Description:
- place a rope on the floor to have child walk across the rope without stepping off
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 task: have the child hold out their arms for balance to decrease physical demand
Change the environment: have the child hold the coach’s hand while walking on the rope to decrease physical demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the task:
- have the child walk the rope stepping with heel-toe touching each step to increase physical demand
- have the child walk backwards to increase physical and cognitive demand
Goal examples:
- the child is able to walk across the tightrope without stepping off 3 times in a row
- I can walk along the line
