Our big gym has received a make-over too! Thanks to our amazing Occupational Therapy team we have a fun new obstacle course to play on.
Our obstacle course continues with the All About Me theme and targets body awareness in general. The different areas work on building strength, coordination, and balance in a fun and engaging way for the kids.
Start off by balancing on stepping stones...
Then climb the gym mats and jump into a crash mat...
Next is more climbing and then rolling down a ramp...
Jump up and high five the wall!
Balance on this curvy balance beam...
Crawl or walk through the rainbow tunnel...
Then finish it off with some throwing practice, try to hit the bad piggy from Angry Birds.
As always, our gym activities allow us to target more than just motor skills. There are lots of opportunities to talk about different colours or practice counting and we encourage the use of action words (run, jump, walk, hop, step, roll, throw, crawl, etc.) to help develop vocabulary and an ability to follow directions.
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