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Jumping Hula Hoops
Place a hula hoop on the ground in a large open area indoors or outdoors.
(Make a big circle from a long rope if you do not have a hula-hoop!)
Play music as your child walks around the outside edge of the hula-hoop.
When you stop the music, tell your child to jump inside the hula-hoop.
When the music starts, your child can jump back out and walk around again.
Sock Toss
Place a laundry basket, large garbage can, or a box in an open and safe area.
Make sock balls by rolling adult socks together and turning them inside out, or
use bean bags, foam rubber, or foil balls.
Show your child how to toss the balls into the basket, garbage can, or box.
When your child needs more of a challenge, move the basket farther away.
You and your child can also toss and catch the sock balls.
Try this on a rainy day!
Special Needs Tips
Use a hand signal when you start and stop the music for a child
who is hearing impaired.
Galloping Horse
Find pictures of animals in one of your child’s books or magazines, including
a horse.
Ask your child to choose an animal and show you how it moves.
Encourage him to make the animal’s sounds, too!
Make a riding horse by drawing a face on a small paper bag filled with paper
and tying it onto a broom handle or yardstick so your child can gallop and
“neigh” like a horse!
Now see if he can think of another animal and imitate it for you to guess which
one he is!