Goal: Balance, coordination, strength

• Draw a l hopscotch diagram like the one to the left. (Chalk works great for asphalt and pavement outdoors. Painter's tape can be used when working indoors.)

• Toss a beanbag, twig, small stone or other marker into the first square. (If it lands on a line, or outside the square, you lose your turn. Pass the marker to the following player and wait for your next turn.)

• Next, hop on one foot into the first empty square, and then every subsequent empty square. Be sure to skip the one your marker is on.

• At the pairs (2-3. 5-6, and 8-9), jump with both feet.

• At 10, hop with both feet, turn around, and head back toward the start.

• When you reach the marked square again, pick up the marker -- still on one foot! -- and complete the course.

• If you finished without any mistakes, pass the marker to the next player. On your next turn, throw the marker to the next number.

• If you fall, jump outside the lines, or miss a square or the marker, you lose your turn and must repeat the same number on your next turn. Whoever reaches 10 first, wins.

• Variations: Don't use marker and work on jumping and hopping without avoiding any squares.

Variations: Don't use marker and work on jumping and hopping without avoiding any squares.Click the link below to make your own hopscotch!DIY Hopscotch Link

Goal: Bilateral coordination, strength

Start with feet together and hands at sides

• Jump “apart” moving feet outward and hands clapping over head

• Jump “together,” bringing feet together and hands down to side

• Work up to 20 consecutive repetitions.

Form is more important than speed, so please work slowly jumping apart, together. Also, apart, together is one repetition (some friends like to count that as two jumping jacks).

This is a great exercise to do while your child works on counting or spelling their spelling words.

Goal: Bilateral coordination

This is a fun variation of jumping jacks in which the arms and legs swing forward and backward rather than opening/closing.

Begin standing with your feet together and arms down at your side

Jump and move the legs so that one is in the front and one is in the back, like you just took a big step forward.

Swing the same arm as leg forward.

Jump and switch so that the opposite arm and leg are now in front.

When this is easy, work to jump and switch the opposite arm and leg, as shown in the video.

This activity can be performed in standing, sitting or even lying down.

In standing, bring your elbow or hand across your body to touch your opposite knee and repeat on both sides.

Be sure to raise your knee as high as you can and twist your body as you cross crawl.