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Physical Strong Stomach Muscles

Directions: Show your child how to do this exercise. Have your child lay on the floor on her back. Ask her to reach for her knees while lifting up her legs straight. Slowly h...

Physical Stretching Arms

Directions: Ask your child to stretch out his arms. Have your child raise his arms up to his shoulders. Read the chant below while your child flies around the house.

Physical Strong Muscles

Directions: Sit on the floor with your infant and sing the following action rhyme to the tune of "Row, Row, Row Your Boat". Do the motions along with the rhyme.

Physical Walking

Directions: Hold your infant's hands or place your hands under her arms and help her take steps around the room. While you are walking chant the rhyme below.

Physical Fish Hop

Directions: Using colored chalk draw three fish on the ground in a line. Have your child start at the first fish and hop to the next one, then the next one. Then have him hop...

Physical Play With Balls

Directions: Roll a ball to your child. Let him kick the ball back to you. Introduce the game using a small ball, then increase to a medium-sized ball.

Physical Strong Muscles

Directions: Have your child stand up. Give him two toy boats, one for each hand. Have him raise his arms to his shoulders and move his arms up and down. Repeat several times.

Physical Throwing

Directions: Standing across from your child, give her a ball and encourage her to throw it to you. Practice back and forth. Let your child use crayon colors of her choice to ...

Physical Toss The Ball

Directions: Give your child a ball and ask him to toss it to you. Toss the ball back to your child. Repeat the process several times. Have him use different colored crayons t...

Physical Walking

Directions: Give your child a beanbag. Ask her to place it between her legs and try to walk around the room without the beanbag falling to the floor. Give cues by telling you...

Physical Fly Around

Directions: Get four boxes. (Shoe boxes work well). Number the boxes 1 to 4. Spread out the boxes on the ground. Explain that you will shout out a random number. When your ch...

Physical Strong Muscles

Directions: Place your toddler on top of an exercise ball. Hold his legs and let him lean and grasp wherever he needs to feel safe. Then lay him on top of his belly on the ba...