Arrow Course

coordination activity for kids 4+

Lay the arrow sheets on the floor and jump the path.

Area: Body & Coordination
Age: age 4+
Duration: 5-8 min

In short

Arrow Course turns the floor into a game board. Printed arrow sheets lie as a path in the hallway or living room, and your child jumps and moves from sheet to sheet. The activity suits preschoolers with lots of energy. It practices directions like left and right, whole body coordination and energy with control.

What you need

Printouttemplate on A4
Floor spacea few steps

How to play

Print the sheet three or four times and lay the copies on the floor as a path, about one step apart, each one turned a different way.

The full instructions are in the printable pack

3 more steps and 3 ideas to make it harder in the printable pack

All further steps and the ideas to make it harder are in the printable pack, together with all sheets to print.

See the printable pack

When it fits

On rainy days, when your child really needs to burn off energy indoors.
In the afternoon after preschool, when the energy from the day needs somewhere to go.
At a birthday party or playdate, as a small course for several kids taking turns.

What your child practices

Body coordination
Directions
Energy with control

Up, down, left and right are words kids need all the time, when getting dressed, giving directions and later when reading and writing. Occupational therapy pages describe how to practice these directions through movement. Arrow Course combines this with jumping and landing, the kind of movement that kids with lots of energy look for anyway.