{"id":39892,"date":"2019-12-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/?p=39892"},"modified":"2019-12-13T05:08:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T10:08:24","slug":"the-nutcracker-gross-motor-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.3dinosaurs.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/the-nutcracker-gross-motor-activity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nutcracker Gross Motor Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gross motor has always been one activity we do a lot of. We really enjoy doing it. It has always been a great stress relief from school or just when we have too many wiggles.<\/p>\n<p>And we love doing books and gross motor. It is fun to read a book and then act out a part of it with the gross motor. It gets them into what we are reading and then they want to read again to do the movements again.<\/p>\n<p>Today I have a fun post about The Nutcracker!<\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2019\/nutcracker-gross-motor.jpg\" alt=\"The Nutcracker Gross Motor Activity - with fun movements to do while reading the book - 3Dinosaurs.com #christmasactivities #grossmotor #3dinosaurs\"><br \/>\n<a data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-count=\"beside\" data-pin-tall=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fwordpress%2Findex.php%2Fthe-nutcracker-gross-motor-activity%2F&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.3dinosaurs.com%2Fimages%2Fblog%2F12-2019%2Fnutcracker-gross-motor.jpg&#038;description=The%20Nutcracker%20Gross%20Motor%20Activity%20-%20with%20fun%20movements%20to%20do%20while%20reading%20the%20book%20-%203Dinosaurs.com%20%23christmasactivities%20%23grossmotor%20%233dinosaurs\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m so excited to once again be apart of Rain Day Mums Christmas Advent. It is fun to have so many great activities together in one place. I loved doing posts every year.<\/p>\n<p>This gross motor activity can be found in full on her site. We just love having fun ideas to do and try.<\/p>\n<p>We have two picture books we love for the Nutcracker. They are <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1481458299\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1481458299&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=503a8a3802c645a0b6d3c85fb63149e8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nutcracker illustrated by Valeria Docampo<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1481458299\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0060743867\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=0060743867&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=a9dd16c192282e24add0d88727f51621\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Nutcracker by Susan Jeffers<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=0060743867\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1481458299\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;creativeASIN=1481458299&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=3dinos-20&#038;linkId=010a87cc9434b7764b829f545fad537f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ASIN=1481458299&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;WS=1&#038;Format=_SL250_&#038;tag=3dinos-20\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=3dinos-20&#038;l=am2&#038;o=1&#038;a=1481458299\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The movements we used are The Nutcracker, Mouse King, The Snow, The Sugarplum Fairy, and The Fairy dances.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><div align=\"Center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rainydaymum.co.uk\/gross-motor-nutcracker-activities\/\">Check out The Nutcracker Themed Gross Motor at Rainy Day Mum.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"true\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"3dinos-20\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar_position = \"bottom\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"search\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"Shop Related Products\";\namzn_assoc_default_search_phrase = \"The Nutcracker Books for kids\";\namzn_assoc_default_category = \"All\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"b955d6b6f9e71ebcc95b7eb8b43a3594\";\n<\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out these other Christmas activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/christmas-gross-motor-dice\/\">Christmas Themed Gross Motor Dice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/gingerbread-man-gross-motor-dice\/\">Run Run As Fast As You Can With The Gingerbread Man Gross Motor Dice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/20-christmas-crafts-and-activities-for-kids\/\">25+ Christmas Crafts and Activities for Kids<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out all our <a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/20-christmas-crafts-and-activities-for-kids\/\">Christmas Activities here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"\/wordpress\/index.php\/20-christmas-crafts-and-activities-for-kids\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/images\/blog\/12-2019\/christmas-activities-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas Activities - 3Dinosaurs.com\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Cassie &#8211; 3Dinosaurs.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gross motor has always been one activity we do a lot of. 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