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Adapted Activities Ball Sports Suggested balls: bright, air filled, large, lightweight plastic, beach balls, nerf balls or balloons or the new, large, soft lightweight volleyballs Use tactual clues to help kids see or hear targets by adding color, making them larger, or moving them closer 1. Volleyballpractice by self with plastic ball. Toss against the wall and catch it on the fly or on the bounce. Strike ball against the wall with one or both hands. Playing the ball on the bounce would be easiest. Try tossing the ball against the wall from a longer distance and catch on a roll or several bounces. 2. Newcombif totally blind, teacher could stand next to student. Position child slightly out of bounds. Do the serving and toss the ball over the net after the teacher or buddy catches it and hands the ball to he child. Also possible if teams are small, non-aggressive and lightweight plastic or beach ball is used. 3. Dribblingplastic ball or basketball if student can control the ball. Soccer dribble by slowly moving toward the goal. Hockey style by moving ball back and forth across the room, striking into the goal (under a bench, into a turned over can, etc. for the goal) 4. Play catchpossibly bounce or roll ball 5. Throw ballinto wastebasket or knock down milk cartons 6. Bowlingplastic pins, milk cartons, etc. (set up near wall) 7. Tether ball or tap ballhang a balloon or beachball from ceiling or doorway or next to a pole. Tap it back and forth, around pole or try to tap it up to the ceiling. If needed add a bell to string above ball or balloon 8. Floor shuffleboardbroom or stickpieces of wood or disk 9. Bean bagstossed at targets or into a wastebasket 10. Jumping ropeturning for others if unable to jump 11. Golf or hockey golftry to hit a target or strike a ball into a target from various areas. Put target behind something or change distance. Put two or more obstacles in the way (chairs, pails, etc.) 12. Horseshoe (rubber) pitching, ring toss, quoits 13. Dartsvelcro or toss erasers at elevated target Mini Games 14. Balloon keep upkeep tapping balloon into air as long as you can or tap while you walk to a destination 15. Wall balltoss ball at wall and catch it, do it with a partner 16. Hand ballsame procedure but try to strike ball with one or both hands (palms) 17. Volleyballuse a balloon or beachball 18. Tennis or bounce Newcombuse a low net, if needed with as many bounces as needed 19. Goal balltry to roll ball over opponent's goal 20. One on Onegoalie or strikersoccer, hockey use very safe nerf ball at a safe distance 21. Shoot basketsuse a low basket and a safe ball 22. Frisbeeuse a nerf Frisbee or a beeping Frisbee. Keep it low, and say "It's coming" while you throw with both hands Suggested Physical Activities 1. Walkingwith a partner over grass, cement and blacktop, gravel, sand and dirt, uphill and downhill, up and down stairs, over rocky terrain, over logs and other obstacles and terrain which includes bumps and holes 2. Joggingslowly and holding hands with aide 3. Runningshort distance while holding hands 4. Hopping for appx. 60 seconds on two and one foot 5. Jumpingstand and jump as far as you can 6. Leapingtake several steps and jump on a safe place, like on a mat 7. Run in place 8. Skip with a partner 9. Slide by taking several quick steps sideways left and right 10. Gallopa walk/run with the same foot leading, back foot is brought up to but not past front foot On Mats 11. Log rollflat on back, arms up and roll over and over sideways 12. Crab walksit down and raise up on hands and feet and walk backward, forward and sidewards 13. Bear walkon hands and feet-stiff-move right arm and right leg, then left arm and left leg 14. Duck walksquat, place hands on knees, waddle and quack 15. Seal walkhands on floor, extend legs backward, walk forward dragging legs 16. Inch wormon hands and feet, walk feet toward the hands then walk the hands forward to stretch out again 17. Walrus walksame as seal, but point fingers out and move forward by moving both hands forward at the same time 18. Frog hopsquat, place hands on floor in front of feet and hop forward 19. The craneraise one leg off the floor, raise both arms to the side, hop turning left or right Exercises (Mild Exertion) 20. Simple balances 21. Walk forward, backward, sideward on very low balance beam with assistance 22. Simple forward and backward rolls, with teacher 23. Modified pushups 24. Jumping Jacks 25. Toe touches Step and Jump 1. Step onto low object 2. Step off object 3. Jump off very low object 4. Jump onto very low object 5. Step over very low object 6. Take several steps across object (could be strip of rug) 7. Step over very low and narrow object (rope or strip of cloth) 8. Jump over object 9. Jump back and forth over rope 10. Combine 8 and 9 for a series 11. Jump sideways over rope 12. Create a pattern of stepping stones and walk across. Change pattern. Use two feet on each stone. Use one foot on each stone. Balance Beam Activities A regular low balance beam or a long narrow 6-12 inch wide rectangular board supported by two bases, probably several inches high. 1. Walk forward and backward placing one foot in front of the other 2. Walk sideways on the beam 3. Crawl across 4. Scoot across 5. Walk across with one foot on and one foot off balance beam 6. Straddle balance beam 7. Walk up balance beam used as an incline plane (one end of beam supported by box) 8. Walk down inclined balance beam. If needed, use a strip of rug/carpet, a flat board on the floor and several pieces of carpet for a step on stones effect. |
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