Saturday, November 24, 2012

Chore Obstacle Course


Chore Obstacle Course
Chores obstacle course
Setting: throughout a house or classroom

Ingredients:
Broom
Paper
Glitter
2 Laundry Baskets
Clothes
Water Bottle
Water
Pet Food
Tape
Two Cat Dishes
Canned Goods
Reusable Grocery Bag

Instructions:
 Pile multicolored and white clothing on one side of the room. On the other side of the room arrange two baskets that are labeled whites and one for colors.
 The person is to run back and forth across the room and bring the clothes to the appropriate bin.
 Next fill a bottle of water and then have the individual feed the animal. Place two cat dishes put out, the bottle filled with water, and cat food. The individual is to successfully pour water in one bowl and put food in the other.
 Next place glitter all throughout a hard surface of the house or classroom
 Tape a square in the middle of the room and have the individual sweep the glitter into the square.
 Finally place some canned goods on a table next to the reusable grocery bag and have the individual put the groceries in the bag and carry the bag across the room.


Purpose: This activity demonstrates the need for IADL’s. This is demonstrated through the need to maintain a home through chore exercises and the need to take care of animals through feeding them, Gross motor skills are exercised through running across a room to sort socks or to sweep the glitter into the tape square on the floor. These exercises also demonstrate grasp because you need good grasp in order to hold the items without dropping from one areas of the room to the other. Problem solving and identification was used when the individual had to sort the socks and determine which sock goes in which category of laundry basket. Upper body strength was exercised by carrying heavy objects such as the groceries and hand eye coordination was needed in pouring the water and scooping out the cat’s food. 


Rebekah the Golden Gleam. (February 22, 2012). Chores Obstacle Course-Love Theme.


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