Movement Tidbit

Theme - Winter

• Teacher make snowman pieces three circles (sml), square/rectangle (hat), triangle (nose) circles/or squares for eyes and buttons.
• Children assemble a snowman by moving the pieces one by one across the room.
• Children can move across the room by performing the following movements
• Child rides in a "sled" (laundry basket with rope).
• "Ice skating" in empty tissue boxes or each foot on a sheet of construction paper.
• Rolling like snowballs by somersaulting on a small

Tool of the Month

Laundry Basket

Uses:

• Use as a sled, boat, wagon, fire truck, etc. where child pulls self across the room by pulling a thick or braided rope which it is tied to the door.
• Child pulls self "hand over hand" to the other side.
  One child in the basket and another child pushes him/her across the room, not using a rope.

Target Skills:

• Upper and lower extremity strengthening
• Endurance
• Motor planning
• Bilateral coordination

Purchasing:

Any discount store