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Alligator Pit
(Jonson, 1993)
1. Find an old board that is smooth and splinter free.
2. Cut out oblong shapes from textured material (sandpaper, vinyl, plastic shower cutrain, etc.) to make the "alligators".
3. Lay the board on the floor and put the "alligators" all around the board.
4. The object of the game is to walk across the board without falling into the "alligator pit" and outching an "alligator". Walking across barefoot will provide more sensory feedback.
5. If you fall into the pit and touch an alligator, you get tickled by everyone else who is playing.
6. Be brave now, parent -- you go first and show your child how much fun this game is. Let him or her see or fell how you move your body through space to accomplish this task.