Foundation 9: Physical Fitness | Strength and Flexibility

Reading Balance Board Sets

Sold in Sets of 5

Reading balance boards are a great choice for teachers who want to incorporate movement and learning on a small budget. Use the balance boards in your "reading" corner or let partners stand on the balance boards while reviewing flashcards!

Benefits: 

• Allows purposeful movement in a silent, non distracting environment

• Strengthening core muscles

• Improves balance

• Improves focus

• Physical and neurological benefits

Foundations of Learning skill(s):

• Balance

• Proprioception

• Motor Skills 

Specs:  15.75” diameter & 3.75” H

Literacy workstations and a little bit of ABL to go with it!
Reciting initial vowel sounds while balancing.
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Our ABL Padded Scooter Board

The ABL Padded Scooter Board offers physical, sensory, and cognitive benefits for children. This scooter works as a tool in both physical education and therapy settings. 

Benefits of the ABL Padded Scooter Board

• Motor Skills- helps development strength, coordination, and balance.
• Body in Space- Navigating the scooter around the room can help children learn about spatial awareness and help them understand how to move through their environment safely. 
• Bilateral Coordination- While using the scooter, children are using both sides of their body at the same time. The body is working together to help keep the children balanced.

 Padded scooters come with a lifetime warranty.

Heavy duty bearing wheels.

CARDIO KIDS SNOWBOARDER

The Cardio Kids Snowboarder brings the fun of snowboarding to the great indoors! With lateral movements and swivel snowboard base, children can enjoy a cardio session and hardly notice! Resistance is created by the users body weight. Computer reads speed, time, distance, heart-rate and calories. This unique movement exercises the triceps, deltoids, trapezius, external obliques and the entire range of central core muscles including the transversus abdominis, back and pelivs, while providing a complete cardiovascular workout for youth. 

CARDIO KIDS SNOWBOARDER FEATURES

• Kid Friendly Computer reads speed, time, distance, heart rate & calories
  
• Footplate Grips provide traction for advanced swivel motions
• User Weight limit: 250 lbs
• Pre assembly Included
• Wheels for Portability
• Kid Friendly Padded Grip Handles
• 2 Levels of Grip handles allow for varying skill levels / progressions

FOR USE IN ABL LAB:

2 Levels of grip handles allow for varying skill levels. Progressions are endless using the snowboarder, and activities can be found in lab manual. View Sample Station Activity Guide

AVAILABLE IN 3 SIZES

• Super Small [ 40x 28 x 40] [ Product Weight: 105 lbs] PDF
• Elementary [48 x 30 x 48] [Product Weight 150 lbs]  PDF
• Junior  [48 x 30 x 50] [Product Weight: 155 lbs] PDF

Over/Under Cross-Lateralization Bars – Develop Midline Skills, Coordination, and Balance

The Over/Under Cross-Lateralization Bars are a versatile obstacle set designed to help students strengthen critical foundational skills through movement. By navigating over and under the bars, children practice crossing the midline, improving coordination, balance, and bilateral body integration, which are key skills for learning, writing, and everyday activities.

Set Includes:

• 2 Bars: 50" x 12" (9 lbs. each)

• 2 Bars: 50" x 16" (10 lbs. each)

• Padded Roll and Crawl Mat

Benefits & Features:

• Cross the Midline: Activities promote bilateral coordination, a foundational skill for academic and motor development.

• Progressive Learning: Start with the mat alone, then move through guided progressions in the Action Based Learning Lab Manual.

• Safe & Durable: Includes a padded mat for secure movement, while bars are lightweight yet sturdy for repeated classroom or therapy use.

• Versatile Obstacle: Ideal for classroom gyms, therapy rooms, or ABL Learning Labs, providing a fun and challenging way to engage the whole body.

Encourage active learning, coordination, and motor skill development with an obstacle set that combines fun, safety, and purposeful movement.

Body Brain Bands – Build Strength, Focus, and Classroom Engagement

The Body Brain Bands are versatile resistance bands designed to support movement, coordination, and active learning in the classroom. The Body Brain Bands come in yellow (low resistance) and green (medium resistance), these bands can be used individually or combined for a wide range of activities that promote strength, focus, and cognitive engagement.

• Customizable Resistance: Choose low or medium tension, or combine bands, for exercises tailored to each student’s needs.

• Active Learning Tool: Encourage movement breaks, stretching, and kinesthetic learning while supporting core and upper-body strength.

• Versatile & Portable: Ideal for classrooms, therapy rooms, or home use, perfect for small-group activities or individual practice.

• Durable & Easy to Use: Crafted for repeated use and safe for students of all ages.

Enhance focus, coordination, and strength in your classroom with a simple, adaptable tool that turns movement into learning.

Classroom Set of 10 Includes: 5 Green Bands & 5 Yellow Bands

Classroom Set of 30 Includes: 15 Green Bands & 15 Yellow Bands

Veggie Boxes Set

[Pre K - 3rd Grade]

Each box is a different height, size, and is uniquely designed to accommodate several attachments that can easily be arranged in multiple configurations to create an endless array of obstacle courses. Boxes include graphics of oranges, lettuce, and strawberries. Direct from ABL Manufacturer, box and bridges are pre-assembled. 

Dimensions: 

• Box 1 (24x24x13)
• Box 2 (24x24x19)
• Box 3 (24x24x25)
• 3 Connector Bridges (66x13x4)
• Weight (200lbs)

Includes 3 Boxes & 3 Bridges 

Optional Add-On: Incline Ladder 

Neuroconnector Box Set 

[3rd - 8th Grade]

Spatial Awareness Tactile Response - Adapted Box and bridge set also includes an extra large patterned walking floor mat and poster set. The boxes and bridges are designed for encouraging children to partake in numerous walking "patterns" as outlined by the floor mat.

Includes 4 boxes, 4 bridges, Patterned Walking Mat, & Poster Set

Dimensions:

• Box 1 (24x24x32)
• Box 2 (24x24x13)
• Box 3 (24x24x19)
• Box 4 (24x24x25)
• 4 Connector Bridges (66x13x4)
• Weight (225lbs)

TACTILE LEAF LEARNER

The Tactile Leaf Learner an excellent addition to any classroom or lab facility! Both the rocking and rotating bases assist in balance control and building muscle strength. Students can learn to adjust their center of gravity when swaying or rotating on the leaf boat. When students lie on the tilting boat, the motion promotes student’s upper back muscle tone and core muscle endurance.

User weight limit: 175 lbs. 

BENEFITS OF THE ABL TACTILE LEAF LEARNER FOR CHILDREN

• Improves Focus
• Calming Influence
• Sensory Relief
• Durable
• Sensory Tool
• Balance
• Body in Space

FEATURES OF THE ABL TACTILE LEAF LEARNER FOR CHILDREN

• • Components:
    • Leaf Rocker x 1
    • Rocking Base x 1
    • Rotating Base x 1
  • ​Dimensions & Weight:
    • Leaf Boat - 28.8" L × 19.4" W × 8.5" H 
    • Rotating Base - 14.3" × 3.7" 
    • Rocking Base - 11.8" L × 11" W × 5.1" H
    • Whole Product (Leaf Rocker & Both Bases) - 10.5 lbs. 

Youth Balance Rope

The balance rope is 6' long. The 2" round polypropylene rope provides a more challenging walking surface than a traditional flat beam, increasing the balance difficulty for all ages.

Why are gross motor skills important?

Gross motor skills are important to enable children to perform everyday functions, such as walking, running, skipping as well as playground skills (e.g. climbing) and sporting skills (e.g. catching, throwing and hitting a ball with a bat). These are crucial for everyday self-care skills like dressing (where you need to be able to stand on one leg to put your leg into a pant leg without falling over).

Gross motor abilities also have an influence on other everyday functions. For example, a child's ability to maintain table top posture (upper body support) will affect their ability to participate in fine motor skills (e.g. writing, drawing, and cutting) and sitting upright to attend to class instruction, which then impacts on their academic learning. Gross motor skills impact on your endurance to cope with a full day of school (sitting upright at a desk, moving between classrooms, carrying your heavy school bag).