Poly Enterprises Tough Vinyl Beginner Balance Beam - 1 x 4 inches x 8 feet
Designed for early childhood (preschool to early elementary school grades) balance beam activities like those found in Perceptual-Motor Development Programs or in beginning Gymnast Programs for very young children. Great for challenging the young child to balance their whole body while walking on a safe "close-to-the-floor" (about one inch high) balance beam. The solid balance beam is made of molded vinyl plastic that gives it a somewhat soft feel to it although it is fully supportive of the child's weight. The beam challenges children to try and walk and keep their balance at the same time as they constantly re-adjust their body's balance with each step. The total dimensions of this bright orange balance beam when placed on a flat surface is 8 feet long, 4 inches wide and about one inch high. It consists of two 4 foot long sections with a short plastic connector between them which keeps both 4 foot long sections connected thereby allowing them to easily lay out end to end to make the 8 foot long beam. For an even greater walking and whole body balance challenge, both sections can be placed on top of one another. Once young children have mastered walking on the very safe one inch high Poly Balance Beam, and especially after mastering the beam when it is placed on top of itself for a 2 inch high 4 foot long experience, they will be ready for a similar height balance beam challenge. (Note, by carefully using industrial strength scissors, you can make this balance beam even more versatile by cutting the plastic connector uniting the two 4 foot ends of the beam which will then give you two separate 4 foot balance beams that can be used as separate activity stations for more student involvement or placed in various positions around each other for a more varied balance beam experience. And, of course, they can be re-combined by simply laying them closely together end to end to form once again the complete 8 foot long balance beam.)