Bring the Zoo to Your Home – Let’s Be Animals! 

Bear Crawling – Stay up on your hands and feet with your bottom in the air 

• Great for coordination between arms/legs and core activation 

Crab Walking – Using your hands and feet, push to lift your bottom off the ground and try to keep your belly and hips flat like a table 

• Encourages glute activation, coordination of arms/legs, and shoulder girdle stability 

Duck Walks – Squat as low as you can and keep your balance while you waddle around – make sure to keep your heels on the ground 

• Works on squat form and promotes ankle range of motion 

Giraffe Walking– Walk around on your tip toes and reach your arms overhead 

• Going up on your tip toes requires lots of control and strength while reaching arms overhead challenges your balance 

Dinosaur Stomps – Take big marching steps all around the house 

• Works on functional single limb balance 

Frog Jumps – Squat down low and push up to jump with strong legs  

• This is great to work on coordinating jumping with double limb take-off and increasing power production in legs 

Bunny Hops – Make sure to jump with both feet at the same time 

• This is a good exercise to focus on jumping forward for increasing distances while coordinating pushing off with both legs 

Flamingo Stand – Stand on one leg and FREEZE! 

• Single limb balance is extremely important for stairs and obstacle navigation 

Cat / Cow Stretch – While on hands and knees, slowly alternating between rounding and arching your back is a great stretch for the muscles of your trunk 

• Helps with spinal mobility and core activation 

Fly Like an Eagle – Lay on your stomach and then lift your arms and legs off the ground to make yourself feel like you are flying! 

• This is a great exercise for overall strengthening