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ASK PINNACLE · QUESTIONS, EXPLANATIONS & NEXT STEPS

Gross Motor

Explore explanations, everyday questions and next steps connected with gross motor.

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What is one Everyday Therapy activity to help my child with ball catching?

One easy home activity is the rolling-to-catching ladder: roll a big soft ball back and forth, then progress to gentle bounce-catches and soft close-range tosses. Sit close, slow the ball down, and celebrate every reach to build the eye-hand timing behind catching.

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What is one Everyday Therapy activity to help my child with gross motor?

One simple everyday gross-motor activity for toddlers is the cushion-island stepping game — stepping and balancing across pillows builds balance, leg strength and coordination through joyful, repeated play, just ten minutes a day.

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What is one Everyday Therapy activity to help my child with hopping skills?

Lay out soft cushions or chalk circles as 'lily pads' and invite your child to hop from one to the next. This playful game builds the single-leg balance, leg strength and timing that hopping needs — keep it to a few cheerful minutes a day.

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One Everyday Therapy activity to help with jumping skills

Try 'lily-pad jumping' — hop with both feet from one cushion or chalk circle to the next. It playfully builds the leg strength, balance and two-footed take-off and landing that jumping needs, in just a few cheerful minutes a day.

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