APE accommodation suggestions: Hopping, jumping, and leaping - Hand over hand to assist with balance. Examples: mini trampoline, rope on floor, peer assistance
1.4 Locomotor Skills: Dance/ Rhythmic Activities
Apply rhythmic expression in response to music.
APE accommodation suggestions: Slower music, poly spots and/or arrows on floor for direction, break the dance steps/movements down into small parts for additional review/practice, peer assistance
1.5 Non-locomotor Skills* (stability): Balance
Use different bases of support to maintain momentary stillness.
APE accommodation suggestions: Hand over hand assistance, peer assistance, modeling, doing activities on the floor instead of on equipment
1.6 Non-locomotor Skills* (stability): Curling and stretching; twisting and bending
Attempt to create wide, narrow, curled, and twisted body shapes by curling and stretching.
APE accommodation suggestions: Hand over hand assistance and modeling
1.7 Non-locomotor Skills (stability): Weight transfer, rolling
Attempt to transfer weight from one body part to another:
In self-space.
Examples: three body parts to two body parts, crab walk position to plank position
By rolling sideways in multiple body shapes.
Examples: log roll, egg roll, pencil roll
APE accommodation suggestions: Rolling - hand over hand assistance; peer assistance and modeling
1.8 Manipulative Skills: Underhand and overhand throw
Attempt underhand and overhand throw.
APE accommodation suggestions: Provide a variety of sizes, shapes, textures, and inflation levels of objects to make throwing more successful; use ball launchers
1.9 Manipulative Skills: Catching
Attempt to catch a dropped ball from varying heights.
APE accommodation suggestions: Decrease distance ball is tossed, rolled, or bounced; provide students the opportunity to catch an object using a bucket or basket. Good objects to use for catching: stuffed animal, beach ball, scarf, deflated ball, foam ball, fleece ball, balloon (be aware of latex allergies)
1.10 Manipulative Skills: Dribbling and/or ball control with hands
Attempt to dribble a ball with one hand using consecutive contacts.
APE accommodation suggestions: Use large playground ball; drop and catch, alternating dribble with peer or tethered ball.
1.11 Manipulative Skills: Dribbling/ ball control with feet
Tap a ball forward, using inside of foot.
APE accommodation suggestions: Use large playground ball; drop and catch, alternating dribble with peer or tethered ball.
1.12 Manipulative Skills: Passing and receiving with feet
Attempt to pass and trap a slow-moving ball.
APE accommodation suggestions: Use larger ball, larger targets
1.13 Manipulative Skills: Kicking, punting
Kick a stationary ball, planting foot and making contact with shoelaces.
APE accommodation suggestions: Lightweight object could include larger and/or more colorful object/ball or object of contrasting colors: suspended tether ball
1.14 Manipulative Skills: Volleying, overhead and underhand
Independently volley a lightweight object with varying body parts.
Examples: balloon, beach ball, foam ball
