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GROSS MOTOR IDEAS

 

  • ♣dance: fast, slow, silly, etc.
  • ♣crab walk
  • ♣obstacle course
  • ♣walk outside
  • ♣outside scavenger hunt: take pictures of the area and have the kids run around to find them
  • ♣play in the park
  • ♣animal dancing
  • ♣animal walking
  • ♣crab soccer
  • ♣hop scotch: do a number or ABCs for the squares
  • ♣ABC tape
  • ♣froggy toy pick up
  • ♣wheel barrow
  • ♣froggy hop across the room
  • ♣roll around different ways
  • ♣tug of war or pulling
  • ♣alternating stairs: put colored sock on the kids and have them matching the colored sock to the color on the step,then switch socks
  • ♣hop: 1 leg, both, forward and backwards, side ways
  • ♣freeze dance
  • ♣kick a ball around between each other
  • ♣run between two points
  • ♣tag
  • ♣jump over tape lines: forward, backward, sideways, arms crossed, legs apart and together
  • ♣jumping in place: arms crossed, eyes closed, legs apart and together
  • ♣jump counting: see how many times you can jump without stopping
  • ♣toss a ball through a hoola-hoop
  • ♣walk on tape lines: straight, curved, zigzag, etc.
  • ♣musical chairs
  • ♣pretend sports: swimming, rope climbing, mountain climbing, fishing, skiing, etc.
  • ♣straight leg walking: walk and don’t bend your legs
  • ♣roll like a ball: pretend to be a snow ball or rock
  • ♣flower: pretend to be a flower that is growing
  • ♣snowman: pretend to be a snowman being made up from the floor and then melt down to the ground
  • ♣Simon says
  • ♣march: Straight arms and legs matching right arm to left leg and left arm to right leg
  • ♣draw circles with arms and legs
  • ♣push a ball around with different body parts: arms, head, elbow, knee
  • ♣throw a ball up and count bounces before catching: 1 bounce, then do two etc
  • ♣kick a ball: use one leg at a time and then switch
  • ♣toss a stuffed animal on a blanket
  • ♣bean bag toss: to a hopscotch

 

 

 

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