Check out this great gift wrapping idea from Sonya:
"When I give them as presents, I blow them up first. I can usually find a giant gift
bag at the dollar store for it. Because it's fun for them (kids) to get BIG presents (it's always
fun for my kids to give the largest present too!) and also they can use it right away.
Which they always do at the party. The last I always see of them are bouncing through
bowling alleys, bouncing though chuck e cheese...just really believe in this toy. Just the
greatest toy ever. My 2-1/2 year old just took over the one that my daughter outgrew.
He can actually do it! He only gets about an inch off the ground but he has a blast anyway."
Do you still remember when you were a child and had a
Jumping Ball?
So do we, and so will your child when he grows up!
Worried about diabetes, obesity and the health of
your child in general?
Don't get your children sedentary games like video or computer
games or sit-down crafts all the time, get them a Jumping Ball
instead!
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Got dogs? Here is a great idea from Dina B.:
"Hello! I loved your website! It sounds like you really love what you do and your company must be a blast! You wanted an idea on how to use the Jumping Balls... well, here's what I intend to do: Each Memorial Day weekend, I have a party for my Dalmatian, Abbie.
We invited about 30 dogs this year, but bad weather kept alot of their owners home, so only about 18 pooches got in our brand of fun this past summer!
We set up an obstacle course and play the water relay game, where owners have their leashed dogs and must run with a champagne glass of water and empty into a plastic bowl, first one up to the marked line in the bowl is the winner..
This coming year, they'll be doing an old fashioned relay race (this is where you come in..) while on the jump ball and their leashed dog dragging them to the end of the yard ! First team in is the winner. Controled chaos is the key
Goofy enough for ya? Yes. You guessed it , I don't have HUMAN KIDS.. Just the furry spotted ones!
Dina B."
Therapy for special children:
Here is a little description of some of the things we do with jumping balls:
We provide speech therapy services to children from very young (11 months) to 6th grade (or older sometimes). The majority of children we work with are significantly delayed in the areas of expressive language, attention, and regulation. Many of these children have additional diagnoses, such as autism or pervasive developmental disorder, cerebral palsy, or mental retardation. Therapy HAS TO be fun with our kids, or it will not be successful.
Within our therapy sessions, the jumping balls or hippity hops are used in a variety of ways to meet many goals. These may include but are not limited to:
*Regulation through proprioceptive feedback
*Joint attention between child and therapist/caregiver
*Requesting skills: "More jump", "Jump high", etc...
*Vocabulary development - opposites (go/stop, on/off, big/little, high/low), verbs, prepositions
*Imitation skills
Jumping balls are an affordable and valuable tool for any speech therapist.
Amy and Amber
Do you have another great idea or way to enjoy your Jumping Balls?
Share your idea with us via email and we'll be glad to post it in
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