Obstacle Challenge
This helps exercise gross motor skills while pulling and pushing objects. Build a homemade obstacle course to support motor coordination. Design a circuit where your child pushes, pulls, crawls, or walks through obstacles. Use safe household items and adapt the course to yo
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What you'll need
You'll need materials to make a homemade jungle gym, to make a homemade jungle gym. This helps exercise gross motor skills while pulling and pushing objects.
How it works
- 1~30s
Alright, let's get started! To complete this activity, you will need materials to make a homemade jungle gym. Begin this activity creating a small jungle gym in which your child will have to push and pull an object, walk and crawl, going through various obstacles. you, watch your child closely — I'd love to hear what you notice about how they responds.
Watch for: Little One push or pulls toys while walking.
- 2~30s
Great, now let's try the next part. Use your creativity when creating it. Always keeping in mind what his or her fine motor skills are. Tell me what your child does — any reaction counts!
Watch for: Little One walk while holding a small toy.
- 3~30s
One more thing to try. Motivate and congratulate your toddler for his or her efforts and when he or she manages to go through an obstacle. During this exercise, observe if your toddler pushes or pulls toys while walking and if he or she carries an object while walking. How does your child handle this? What do you see?
Watch for: Little One thi helps exercise gross motor skills while pulling and pushing objects.