(Their hands will be down at their sides.) With plenty of hisses as they go, the child will raise their head while slowly raising their feet off the floor to bring the beanbag toward their nose. This activity involves the child laying down on their back with knees bent and with a bean bag in between their knees.
Start out with the child laying down on their back. Make a Basket - This activity presents a fun challenge while working the abdominal muscles.They’re done once all of the animals make it to the top! Starting with a small pile of stuffed animals, the child places one stuffed animal at a time onto the top of their foot, raising it level with the top of the empty container, and then dropping it in. Stuffed Animal Elevator Rides - Time to take some stuffed animals to the top floor with this core strengthening activity! This activity begins with the child sitting on a balance ball with an empty plastic container beside them.Staying balanced on top of the ball while reaching down to the bottoms of the feet strengthens the core muscles. Sitting on a balance ball, facing the wall, they take the stickers off of their feet one at a time, sticking them onto a blank piece of paper that’s hanging on the wall. The child puts as many stickers as they’d like onto the bottoms of their feet. Stickers On Your Foot - This activity involves a balance ball and a sheet of stickers.These core strengthening exercises are a blast for little ones to do! Here are some of our favorites courtesy of OT Mom Learning Activities and Pink Oatmeal. If a child’s muscles surrounding the abdomen, back, and pelvis are weak, everyday activities like playing on the playground, sitting at a desk at school, and getting onto and off of the floor are challenging. In this post, we share some of our favorite ideas for exciting pediatric physical therapy exercises designed to improve core strength, develop gross motor skills, and increase mobility. Kids are much more likely to actively participate if they’re having a good time. You are a master of disguise, cloaking an array of pediatric physical therapy exercises in the guise of engaging, play-filled activities. As a pediatric physical therapist, your work is essential in helping children with reduced physical abilities to reach their highest potential, allowing them to get back to the business of childhood to the fullest extent possible. But for little ones who have been sidelined by injury, illness, or a medical condition, many of these activities are out of reach. Playing tag with friends, jumping rope on the playground, playing dodgeball in gym class - these are the joys of childhood that most kids take for for granted.
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