I find that any sort of "hunt and find" activity can be golden for working in functional strengthening, grip strengthening, bilateral coordination, eccentric and midrange control, motor sequencing, and even positional/directional terms and concepts for body awareness.
And most importantly kids usually love a good, in this case, EGG HUNT!
What you need:
basket/bag
plastic Easter eggs
paper/something to write with
What to do:
1) Write motor movements that are appropriate for your child's age and abilities, place them inside the eggs.
2) Hide the eggs with consideration of the type of movement and skills it will take your child to find the eggs. (ie: maybe one at the top of the stair case- providing an opportunity to practice steps).
3) Turn your child loose to hunt for the eggs with instruction to open the egg and follow the directions inside, or with instruction to hunt the eggs and then meet you back in the living room to crack open the eggs and see what's inside (movement play ideas!).
Hacks:
*a basket with a handle requires a child to isolate grip and stability on one side and dynamic reaching on the other and also activates core more in the frontal plane; a basket with no handles (think small bin or for a greater challenge- a laundry basket) requires hands to work together to hold the basket at midline, requires deeper bend at hips and knees to sit it on the ground, and more core activation in the sagittal plane.
*instead of motor actions inside the eggs, you could write out motor patterns "clap, jump, clap, jump" to work on coordination, sequencing, and timing for motor control; or you could write instructions for where to hide the egg "under something white" which will work in more directional concepts and require more transition changes (ex: child must get down on hands and knees to hide the egg "under the white couch."
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