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1.5 Non-locomotor Skills* (stability): Balance

Maintain stillness on different bases of support with different body shapes.

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

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

Transfer weight from one body part to another in self-space with both narrow and curled body shapes.

APE accommodation suggestions: Rolling - hand over hand assistance; peer assistance and modeling

1.8 Manipulative Skills: Underhand and overhand throw

Throw underhand and overhand with hand/foot opposition.

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

Catch various sizes of soft objects from a self-toss before they hit the ground.

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

Dribble continuously in a stationary position, using the preferred hand.

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

Walk while tapping a ball, using alternating feet.

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

Pass and trap a moving ball in a static environment, demonstrating correct form.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use larger ball, larger targets

1.13 Manipulative Skills: Kicking, punting

Approach a stationary ball, make contact below center line, and kick it forward.

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 upward with consecutive hits.

APE accommodation suggestions: Lightweight object could include larger and/or more colorful object/ball or object of contrasting colors: suspended tether ball

1.15 Manipulative Skills: Striking, short implement

Demonstrate striking a lightweight object upward with a short-handled implement.

APE accommodation suggestions: Use longer or shorter implements for student success in controlling the implement; hand over hand assistance

1.16 Manipulative Skills: Striking, long implement (hockey stick, putter, noodle, bat, badminton racquet, pillow polo stick, etc.)

Strike a stationary object with a long-handled implement using correct hand placement.