Kristen Posner, OTR/L

Planks One Leg- Crab Hold Hold your body as straight as possible using On your hands and feet with stomach facing up your hands and toes on the floor. It’s better to be to the sky lift one leg in the air and hold. Count bent slightly into a “V” instead of sagging at the to 10 for 2 times each side. Hold your leg steady hips. Hold for a count of 10, then try 20 and go away from your other leg. for 30! Count at a moderate speed; not too fast and not too slow.

Jumping Jacks Airplane Spins Stand up tall, clap your hands above your head Put hands out shoulder height to the sides and and open up your legs shoulder-width apart. spin slowly 10 times in each direction. You are making an A or a mountain. Then close Remember to jump 5 times at the end. your legs and bring your arms down to your side. You are making an I or stick. Do this 20 times.

Zapping Robots Plank/ Touches You can do this one with a friend or against the Hold a plank, but now go for a challenge! Pick wall - 15 times. up your hand and touch your opposite With a friend, stand back to back and carefully shoulder. Count for 10 then try 20. Count at a touch pointer fingers by going across your body. moderate speed; not too fast and not too slow. Your pointer finger will touch his/ her opposite finger, as you move. If using the wall, use two stickers or small pieces of tape at shoulder level.

Breezy Trees Toe-Touches Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, still Stand up tall, bend at the waist, and touch your to the ground (roots of the tree) then lift your toes. Slowly stand back up. Do this 20 times. arms straight out from the shoulders & spread your fingers out (branches and leaves). Now spin at the waist right and left, looking behind you at a visual target 20 times.

Crab Walk Bear Walk Walk on hands and feet with stomach facing the Walk on hands and feet (not knees) with ceiling across the room with good control. Try to stomach facing the ground across the centrum keep your bottom off the ground. Turn around slowly with good control. Turn around and go and go back. back.

Gallop Skip A locomotor skill where one foot stays in front of A locomotor skill that uses a step-hop, step-hop the other throughout the movement. The back movement pattern. Go across the room and leg moves just behind the front leg and the front back leg moves forward. Go across the room and back.

Kristen Posner, OTR/L Grapevine Pencil Roll Cross one foot over the other as you move Lay on the floor with arms straight out over your across the room. Now try to move one foot head and feet pointed straight out. Roll while behind the other. Keep your feet straight as you staying straight like a pencil. Go across the room cross your legs. and back.

Hop On One Foot Hold Body Weight In Crab Position 3 times on each foot. Alternate for 10 times Sit on the floor with your hands on the ground carefully. If you fall over, start over again. and your feet flat against a wall. Hold your belly up to the sky and count slowly to 10.

Jog Squat Jumps Stand up tall, lift your legs up one at a time in Stand up tall. Using your hands, touch the floor place for count of 40 seconds. and then jump up and reach up high. Try to STAY IN ONE PLACE. Do this 10 times.

Floor Sprints Arm Circles Put yourself in a plank position and alternate Put your arms straight out, point fingers and jumping your feet under your chest to the floor, rotate in big circles one way 20 times. Stop and as if you were running, but with your hands on shake your arms. Then do it again rotating your the floor. Do this 20 times slowly. arms in the other way 20 times.

Shoulder Chest Stretch Stand on Tip Toes Stand up tall. Clasp your hands behind your Stand up tall and go up on your tip toes in place. back and stretch your arms up to the sky & back. Count slowly to 10. Lower your feet and do this Keep your head hanging down. Count to 15 two more times. If this is done correctly you slowly and take deep breaths. should feel a stretch in your calves.

Toe Windmills Alternate Knee- Elbow Marching Stand up tall, put your arms straight out at your Stand up tall. Bring your left knee up to your sides. Keeping your arms straight, touch your chest and touch it to your right elbow. Then right hand to your left foot and then stand up tall switch to bring your right knee up to your chest again. Then touch your left hand to your right and touch it to your left elbow. Do this 15 times foot. Do this 15 times to each foot. to each side.

Kristen Posner, OTR/L Alternate Knee- Elbow in ½ Kneel Belly Chair Push-Ups Start in a kneeling position with your bottom off Move a chair to the middle of the floor. Lie the ground. Then pick up one leg and put that across the chair with your hips hanging off. foot on the ground. Bring your opposite elbow Using your arms, raise and lower your upper to touch that knee. Then switch to the other body 10 times slowly. knee with the opposite elbow. Do this 10 times for each elbow.

Wipe Face Deep Breaths Go to a sink. Wet a paper towel with cold water Take in a deep breath through your nose and out and squeeze out the extra water. Wipe it across blow it out slowly through your mouth. Do this your face. Throw away the paper towel. Dry off 5 times. your face with a dry paper towel if necessary.

Arm and Leg Balance Wood Chop Kneel down on the ground and put your hands Stand up tall with your feet spread apart. Grasp on the floor in front of you so that your back is your hands together above your head and swing straight. Lift one leg out straight and the your arms through your legs (looking under & opposite arm out straight. Hold it and count for behind) then back to way up over your head. Do 10 seconds. Do this 2 times to each side. this 10 times slowly.

Clap Hands Clap your hands 10 times hard and loud.

Rub Hands Touch Thumb to Each Finger Rub your hands on your thighs with your fingers Hold your hands by your ears and touch your spread apart 10 times. Flip your hands over and thumb to each finger. Start with your thumb repeat 10 times. Flip your thumb under and then back. Do this 2 times each way. repeat both sides 10 times.

Open and Shut Hands Squeeze Ball Open your hands w-i-d-e, then wider, Using the whole hand, slowly squeeze a ball 20 and then close hands tight, even tighter. times. Do this 5 times.

Squeeze Clip Dizzy Board

Kristen Posner, OTR/L Use a piece of sponge or a cotton ball to hold Sit up tall in the middle of the dizzy board. Bend your pinky and ring finger down to the palm of your head slightly downward. Then spin one your hand. Use a squeeze clip with your middle, way 10 times, stop, take a deep breath, then spin pointer, and thumb and slowly open and close it the other way 10 times. You can spin yourself or 15 times with each hand. ask a teacher to help you.

Stairs Chair Jumps Run up and down the stairs three times. Make Move a chair to the middle of an open space. sure not to push others out of the way and be Carefully stand on the middle of the seat with careful to step on each step. both feet. Then jump down not too far from the chair with both feet while landing standing up. Do this 10 times. This must be supervised!

Up and Downs Key Stand up straight, squat down and touch the Blue-Vestibular ground with both hands, keeping your hands on Red-Postural Green- Hand the ground jump your feet back so that you are Purple- Bilateral Coordination in plank position. Then jump your legs back in and stand up straight again. Do this 10 times. Some have two colors indicated. The colors are only guidelines. Many of these activities may work on three areas.

Kristen Posner, OTR/L