Bilateral Coordination

Simple Symmetrical Activities

• Blow bubbles and reach with both hands to pop them

• Pull cotton balls apart, glue on paper to make a picture

• Tear strips of paper, paste on paper to make a collage

• Squeeze, push and pull on clay, putty, play doh or modeling foam

• Pull apart construction toys (Duplos, Legos) with both hands

• Roll play doh, putty or clay with rolling pins

• Percussion toys: symbols, drums (both hands together), etc.

• Play with a toy Accordion

• Pull apart and push together crinkle tubes

• Play Zoom Ball

• Penny flipping: line up a row of pennies, start flipping with each hand at the far end until they meet in the middle

• Penny flipping: line up in an oval, start at the top with both hands and flip pennies simultaneously until hands meet at the bottom

• Jump rope

• Ball play: throw and catch with both hands together

• Bounce a large ball with 2 hands, throw or push a ball with 2 hands

Alternating movements

• Drum or Bongos: with both hands one at a time (reciprocally); try to imitate a rhythm

• Ride a tricycle or bicycle

• Air biking: while on your back, raise your feet up toward the ceiling and pretend you're pedalling a bike

• Walking, running, skipping, swimming

• Play follow the leader hopping on one foot, then the other; then 2 to 3 times on each foot, alternate repetitions and feet; add arm
  motions to increase the challenge

• Juggle scarves

Activities that require different skill sets for each hand

• Cut out all types of things with scissors: cut straws and then string up pieces for jewelry, cut play doh or putty, cut up greeting
  cards and make a collage, cut styrofoam packing peanuts

• Spread peanut butter, or any spread on crackers, frost cookies; be sure to hold the cracker or cookie still

• String beads to make jewelry

• Coloring, writing, drawing: be sure the other hand is holding down the paper

• Trace around stencils: the helper hand holds the stencil down firmly while the other draws around the stencil

Body Awareness Activities

• Simon Says, Hokey Pokey

• Wheelbarrow walking

• Crawl on all fours: forward, backward, sideways or change direction on command.

• Crawl through an obstacle course

• Animal Walking: Gorilla crouch walking, Bear walking, Inchworm walking, Snake crawling, Bird walking, Crab walking. These are all
  illustrated here: Animal & Bug Walks

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