Gross motor kit with agility hoops and hurdles

Gross motor skills toys - kit with 32 pieces

Kids need gross motor movement to develop many different physical skills. This kit will help children with balance, core strength, stability, coordination, and endurance. It will greatly support the development of a wide variety of gross motor skills. With this equipment, you can create an entire steeple course. The hoops have flat sides and fit easily into the bricks. Also the bars fit through the bricks and the clamps allow one bar to be fastened to another to create hurdles of various heights. The kit is very versatile and therefore the number of different courses children can build is almost countless.

Agility hoops, hurdles and rings

Agility training equipment like hoops, hurdles and rings are perfect tools that help children to improve the ability to change direction, brake suddenly when needed, and perform physical skills with the best possible efficiency. Growing-up kids will substantially improve their footwork and agility for many sport related activities with these gross motor toys. Agility rings for instance have been shown to help train legs, improve balance and increase coordination. For preschool children, these rings can work great as part of a ring toss game, indoor gym activity or a little (limbo) dance routine.

Durable equipment for daycare centres, primary schools, gyms and practice centres

When it comes to child development, there are several areas that are addressed by this set of gross motor toys:

1. Bilateral Coordination: to move your body in a coordinated way
2. Motor Planning: allows children to climb steps and to navigate obstacles
3. Gross motor coordination: tasks that uses the entire body of the child (for instance hand eye coordination)
4. Proprioception: allows children to understand the body’s position as it moves in a coordinated manner
5. Vestibular input: moving into different positions during the activities

Specifications:

• 20 multi-function blocks  l x w x h: 26 x 13 x 7.5 cm
• 4 agility hoops Ø 40 cm, 50 cm, 60 cm and 76 cm diameter
• 4 sticks 80 cm
• 4 clips (2 red, 2 green)

These gross motor toys are ideal for toddlers, preschoolers and school aged children up to 12 years. You can even further extend this set with the obstacle course set including cones.