Small Muscle Activities: 

• spray bottles and squirt guns

• squeeze bottles for water/air play

• hammer and pegs

• elastic band games

• clothes peg games

• popping bubble wrap

• working with dough (i.e. rolling, pounding etc.)

• wind-up toys

• pop beads

Large Muscle Activities:

• lifting and moving heavy books

• helping to carry groceries into the house 

• carrying or pushing a heavy box to another area of the house

• taking out the garbage

• digging in the garden

• hiking or mountain climbing outdoors 

• silly walks (e.g. wheelbarrow, crab, bear, etc.)

• playing on equipment that provides resistance or holding body weight (e.g. climbers at the park) 

• bike or tricycle riding 

• pulling a weighted sled or wagon

• wearing a heavy backpack close to the back

Check out this fun child-friendly exercise incorporating the heavy work activity of animal walks!