Gross Motor Skills

Here are some examples of the gross motor skills we work on in PT:

• Dead bug (laying on back with arms and legs straight up in the air and the head lifted)
• Superman (laying on stomach with arms straight by ears, legs straight, and arms/legs/chest lifted off of the ground)
• Cross Crawls (in standing raising left knee to touch right elbow then right knee to touch left elbow)
• Jumping Jacks
• Standing on one foot
• Walking on a balance beam (forward, heel-to-toe)
• Scooter board (sitting and laying on stomach)
• Standing on tilt board for balance
• Ball skills (tennis ball, playground ball)
  • Bounce and catch
  • Toss up and catch
  • Throw and catch