Preschool Walking Game
The child should have the ability to walk erect in a coordinated fashion without support.
Walking requires balance and coordination and children should have opportunities to develop skill in more difficult tasks.
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Walk straight or curved path to target-goal and back. Teacher times child. Walk up and down steps.
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Walk backward on a predetermined course.
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Walk sideways. Then cross one foot over the other and go sideways.
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March to music or a drum beat. Walk on tiptoe; with hands outstretched; with hands over head.
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Do animal walks.
a. Rooster Walk. Holding the head and chest high, strut forward with knees straight and hands at the side of the chest. Wiggle
elbows as flapping wings.
b. Elephant Walk. Bending forward at the waist, allow the arms to hang limp. Sway from side to side with big lumbering steps.
Sway from side to side as you walk. This can be done to music.
c. Bear. Bend over from waist, and touch the floor with the hands, keeping the legs stiff. Move forward, walking the hands and
plodding the feet, while keeping the head up.
d. Ostrich. Bending forward at the waist, grasp the ankles; keep the knees stiff while walking forward, stretching neck in and out.
6. Arm walk - Pupil lies flat on the floor and pushes up entire body with arms, keeping the knees stiff. Walk forward with arms and
drag feet.
7. Put rope through top side of tin cans. Tie to shoes and have child walk.
8. Have a child trace around the feet of another as he takes long steps. Then have other children follow the path.
