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  • Writer's pictureLalit Kishore

Use big therapy or yoga balls for sensory and motor skills development at pre-primary level

It has been found that, if when big therapy and yoga balls are used therapeutically in inclusive pre-primary school, not only they useful for their sensory and motor skill development of normal children by also work as remedial tools for children with special needs.


Evidences show that for hyper children, such balls can be used for their diagnosed proprioceptive and vestibular needs through deep sensory processing input to calm, slow down and regulate them. Also, the balls can be used to strengthen bilateral coordination skills in which making children to cross mid-line by devising activities with balls.

· Pressing, squishing, thumping and rolling balls


  • · Rolling the balls along gross and fine motor muscles

  • · Rolling the balls up against the wall

  • · Sitting and lying down on ball

  • · Bouncing, throwing and catching balls

  • · Kicking balls

  • · Bucketing ball


One can device protocol bound activities with yoga balls based on the needs of special kids. Many activities can me made sequential, rhythmic and cross-lateral. Round and quirk yoga balls are commonly available these days.

There are medicine balls, gym balls, hopping balls, half-balls, fitness balls, balance balls, chair balls available these days

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