Basket Catch
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
Basic Striking
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a striking tool (such as a bat, a racquet, or a hockey stick).
Animal Friends
This activity develops coordination and balance as kids try to imitate the movements of different animals.
Bathtub Swimmer
This activity develops leg coordination, strength and gross motor control in the lower body. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve swimming or simply kicking an object (e.g., soccer, football, martial arts).
Picking Up Things
This activity develops coordination of legs, arms and torso, plus dynamic balance. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and coordination for lifting and lowering objects (e.g., weightlifting as a sport, and all daily lifting activities in general, plus combative sports such as wrestling and judo).
Toddler Ball Rolling
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve moving objects (e.g., balls, pucks, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
Toddler Bubble Catch
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
Toddler Biking
This activity develops balance, coordination, and strength in the legs in preparation for more advanced cycling activities at older ages.
Toddler Jumping
This activity develops dynamic balance and coordination required for any and all sports and activities that involve jumping and landing (e.g., basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics).
Toddler Stair Climbing
This activity develops dynamic balance in preparation for all walking and running activities at older ages.