Play Strong and Review Academic Material Too!

Here is a activity idea similar to one from our electronic book Play Strong – Activities to Promote Muscle Strengthening in Children Through Play This is a four year old boy working on bilateral coordination, upper extremity and trunk muscle strengthening. The equipment needed is a regular size rolling pin and index cards. There are several index cards folded in half with sight words written on each card. The adult or friend calls out a word. The boy rolls the rolling pin over the correct word to steam roll the card.