Tennis ball/s on feet & back-roll
Gross & fine motor-control
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THE WHAT:
A movement task which requests and develops gross (backward-rolling pattern) & fine (balancing of tennis ball/s on feet) motor-control. Frustration management is also requested, lest the task be deemed a "waste of time" or "without point". This experience, in itself, is the point.
CONTEXTS FOR PRACTICE/"COMPLETION":
1. Back roll with 1 tennis ball on one foot (roll over BOTH shoulders)
2. Back roll with 2 tennis balls (roll over BOTH shoulders)
Once the tasks are completed, they are done and "in the bin.
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