Tomorrow starts my ABC Series on Gross Motor! Below are some of the topics that I’ll be covering. Monday will be A-E, Tuesday is F-J, Wednesday is K-O, Thursday is P-T, and Friday is U-Z. There are so many fun things to cover and links to check out. I have been working really hard on…
How did everyone do on week one? The first 4 days have gone great for us! A few times is was hard to remember but we got it in no matter what was going on or happening. If you want to know more about this challenge check out the 31 Day Gross Motor Challenge post….
It is hard to believe tomorrow starts 2013! Where does the time go? For this yew year Royal Baloo and I have a challenge for everyone to try. Each month will be a new challenge for you to do with your kids. January will be 31 Days of Gross Motor. For this challenge we want…
The balance cushion is a new addition at our house. It came recommended by the OT that Mary’s is seeing. So we are giving it a try! This is becoming part of the “Sensory Diet”. Which I will admit is something new for me. I have a few months left to learn a lot in…
What should have been a craft and activity afternoon turned into lets play in the leaves. Some times going off the scheduled plans means having just a little bit more fun. With the weather here turning nasty really soon. This was the last chance to enjoy something that was a fun fall activity. We always…
Gross motor has always been one of our favorite things to do inside! Yup inside the house. Because we can’t always get outside. I started the ABC Gross Motor with the girls awhile ago. I first one I posted was for the Letter D. I have not posted all the letters we have done. I…
At a time when we should have been doing something else. Someone presented us with a pile of leaves. How can you say no to that? This was great gross motor practice without me doing a thing! Playing in the leaves can be some of the following gross motor: running in the leaves throwing the…
We have been watching a lot of Olympics and had our own Pompom Games! It was fun and easy to do! We did Pompom Forward Throwing, Pompom Backward Throwing, Pompom Balance, Pompom Relay, Pompom Jumping, Pompom Track, Pompom Bucket Throw, Pompom Weaving, Pompom Throwing and Catching, and Pompom Cheering. What you need: yarn pompoms, baskets…
Gross motor does not have to be hard. In fact, it can be fun. This ring toss is a fun idea that can be done inside or outside with very little change! We enjoy doing gross motor ideas in our house. This ring toss uses the Olympic ring colors. It was a fun way to…
Looking for a way to work on alternating on the stairs. This is a fun way to do it and get them engaged in what they are doing. Plus you get a little gross motor while doing it. What you need: Stairs, different colored socks and toys or items that match the color of the…
In April we started the 30 Days of Moving with Kids. It has been so much fun for the girls and I! We did a lot of walking outside. We went to parks. We did some gross motor inside: rolling and jumping like frogs. So far we plan to keep going with this challenge. The…
Over the past 2 weeks we have done a lot of walking around and just looking outside and enjoying the good weather. The girls love to try new things. We spun around on the floor in both directions until they were dizzy, then tried it again. We did some running around at the Dinosaur Place….
For the first week of the challenge I let the girls pick a few things they wanted to do. The first day was crab walking. We just walked around the house the first time. The second day they did crab walk racing. It was lots to fun to see them smile. On the third day…
A year ago my friend Maureen did a challenge that was 30 days of movement with your kids. This is not just for your kids. It is for you to do as well! So my challenge for April is to do 30 days of moving with my kids. Here are some examples of what you…
Footprint activities can be loads of fun. And kids can enjoy doing them. Plus this is a really fun activity to do for dinosaurs! You can work on learning about how different footprints can be done by similar feet. Recently the girls went to Dinosaur State Park and saw dinosaur foot prints. As a follow…
We did something fun with gross motor time this week. I made the girls a “D” on the floor with masking tape. Pin It We used the “D” and “d” the following ways making sure to go one way and then reverse directions: Acted like it is a balance beam Simple walk around the outside…
Rose has been reviewing her word families. We were working on “it”. I thought it would be fun to do something different. We are always writing, reading, and using stuff from school. This time we made our words out of large foam letters with the idea of hopping across and saying the sound each letters…