Pull Snow Carpets

Objective

This activity particularly challenges children’s sense of equilibrium and balance.

Instructions

  1. One or more children sit on a snow carpet.
  2. With the carpet behind them, the adult pulls the carpet of children in various directions, i.e. straight ahead, in the shape of an eight, in zigzags, etc.

Variation

  • The difficulty level can be increased by allowing the children to lie on their stomachs or back, sit on their bottoms, stand on their knees or on all fours.
  • The children can also pull each other.
  • The children can also play in pairs where one child sits on their knees on a bum sledge and holds a rope that the other child pulls to drag and turn the sledge around.
  • Can the children find other ways of pushing and pulling each other around the play area?

Equipment

Snow carpet or bum sledge

Age

0 - 2 years
3 - 5 years

Area

Large space
Small space

Motor skills

Learning areas

Activity type