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For those of you celebrating the onset of spring, here’s a game that you can play outside to encourage balance. After days of being cooped up at home, your kids will love this obstacle course in your own yard, all made from things you find around the house. Toddlers will find this game helpful to gain better balance and better control over their movements.

Use colorful paper plates to make stepping stones that your child must step on to get from one end of the “river” to the other end.

Lay out large strips of construction paper painted gray on the ground, to denote narrow pathways she has navigate.

Use a short wall for another obstacle that she must walk on. If there isn’t a short wall you can use, see if you can find a narrow plank or a low desk from the house.

Pull in some desks or chairs from inside the house to create an obstacle that she must crawl under to get to the other side.

Lay a rope on the ground in a twisting shape to create a snaking path that she must walk on without losing her balance.

Enjoy!