🤸 Pillow Path Obstacle Course
Carrera de Obstáculos con Almohadas
🤸 Motor Skills
PE.K.1H.K.1
Objective: Child builds gross motor planning, agility, and body control by navigating a simple obstacle course.
🧺 Materials
- couch cushions or pillows
- painter's tape or string
- a chair
- a soft toy for the finish line
📋 Instructions (parent)
- Lay pillows on the floor as stepping stones and add a tape line to jump over.
- Set a chair to crawl under and place a toy at the end as the goal.
- Walk your child through the course once slowly, then time them or cheer them on.
- Call out each movement in Spanish as they reach each station.
- Let your child rearrange the course and run it their own way.
➕ Extension ideas
- Add a basket toss at the end so they throw a soft ball before finishing.
- Have your child guide a stuffed animal through the course and narrate in Spanish.
🗣️ Parent script — say it in Spanish
Español
Mira nuestra carrera de obstáculos. Primero saltas sobre las almohadas, luego te arrastras por debajo de la silla y al final corres a buscar el juguete. ¿Listo? ¡Salta, gatea y corre, mi campeón!
💬 Conversation prompts
- ¿Saltas por encima o pasas por debajo de la silla?
- ¿Qué parte es la más difícil para ti?
- ¿Quieres ir rápido o despacio esta vez?
- ¿Dónde ponemos la última almohada?
🔑 Vocabulary
- salta — jump
- gatea — crawl
- corre — run
- pasa — go through
- sube — go up
- baja — go down
Other ways to do it
⚡ 5-minute version
Use just two pillows and one tape line; call 'salta' and 'corre' to the finish.
🚗 Car version
Describe an imaginary obstacle course out loud and have them say 'salta' or 'gatea' for each step.
😴 No-energy version
Build a tiny finger course on a cushion and 'walk' two fingers through it saying the Spanish words.
🎯 California standards covered
| PE.K.1 | Moving My Body “I can run, jump, hop, and balance while I move my body.” |
| H.K.1 | Healthy Habits “I can wash my hands, eat healthy food, and take care of my body.” |