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Walk Tall

Skills:

Physical: agility, balance, gross motor skill, coordination

Cognitive: sustained attention, selective attention

Social: taking turns (if doing activity with more than one person)

Number of participants:

1 or more

Equipment:

  • bean bag
  • optional: masking tape to make a straight line on the floor

Wheelchair friendly?

Yes

Description:

  1. child will balance a bean bag on their head while walking in a straight line

Modifications to make the activity easier:

Change the environment: to decrease physical and cognitive demand, shorten the distance that the child needs to walk

Change the task: to decrease physical demand, have the child hold their arms out to the side

Modifications to make the activity harder:

Change the environment: to increase the physical and cognitive demand, increase the distance that the child needs to walk

Change the task:

  • to increase physical and cognitive demand, have the child balance a different object on their head
  • to increase physical demand, have the child walk in different directions (e.g., backwards, zig zag)
  • to increase physical demand, have the child walk faster

Goal examples:

  • the child can walk 3m (without the bean bag falling off) for 3 out of 4 tries
  • I can balance a bean bag on my head while walking