With the Winter Games quickly approaching it's the perfect theme to add to motor planning activities! There are so many great winter sports as part of the Winter Games that it's easy to make activities fun for the kids and stick with the theme! Here are some fun fine gross ...
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Winter Games Fine Motor Activities
With the Winter Olympics quickly approaching it's the perfect time to add this theme into your fine motor and gross motor activities. All the different sports make adding winter games fine motor activities easy. At a young age (3-5) I'm not a big fan of tons of worksheets, but ...
February Gross Motor Planning Ideas
February is here! It's a fun month for gross motor planning with a variety of different ideas to make movement fun all February long. With events such as the Super Bowl, Winter Olympics, and Valentine's Day, February gross motor can be a breeze. I'm excited to share with you ...
Winter Sports Stations
It's almost time for the winter games to start! I love watching them. My personal favorites are figure skating and downhill skiing! Incorporating winter sports is such a fun and easy way to work on fitness. Setting up fitness stations with a winter sports theme is a fast and ...
Football Gross Motor Planning
It's that time of the year when most people are watching football in some way. Maybe they are just watching the big game for the commercials but football is the theme. Being a Minnesotan myself, this year is especially exciting as the Super Bowl is in Minnesota. Although, the ...
Arctic Animal Gross Motor Planning Week
There is no better time than the winter for Arctic Animals. There is no better unit than the Arctic to add to your gross motor planning. The animals of the Arctic make it fun and easy to incorporate arctic animal themed gross motor into your therapy, classroom, preschool, or ...
Simple Gross Motor Game With Paper Plates
Are you ever in a bind where you need something simple and fast to work on gross motor skills? For this activity all you will need is some paper plates to work on balance and coordination. There are simple variations that you can do to the activity to make this simple gross ...
Winter Gross Motor Planning Week
There is no better time than January to focus on all things winter! Honestly, winter gross motor week could be done any time from December through March, but January just seems right. During Winter Week the focus of all gross motor activities revolve around all things winter. ...
Printing PDF Files Tip
I love hearing from readers and will often get different requests. One of these requests is in regards to my yoga printables. The yoga printable cards are created as 2 per page. Some people are wanting to get them smaller, something similar to four per page. I totally get ...
Gross Motor Planning – Fitness Week
Fitness week is a fun theme to add to gross motor planning almost any time of the year. Personally, I really like the theme at the beginning of January when everyone is making their resolutions. Check out all of the other themes I like to include in January. The fitness theme ...
Winter Printables – That Promote Physical Activity
Are you looking for quick and fun ways to move this winter? Do you have kids that need to get all of that energy out? Maybe you are experiencing indoor recess that results in kids with too much energy!?! Look no further! Here are fun winter printables and activities that get ...
January Gross Motor Planning
Hello January! It's the start of the New Year and the dead of winter. When I think of January gross motor planning I think of all things snow and cold as well as a fresh start with the New Year upon us. I like to break January gross motor planning down into different themes for ...
Arctic Animal Brain Breaks
The winter season is officially here! This is a time for snow, winter sports, and the arctic! I always loved trying to incorporate fun themes to make movement fun! In the winter there is no better theme than the arctic. Arctic animals are especially fun when it comes to ...
Balance Challenge Using Cardboard Blocks
Are you looking for something a little different to add to your gross motor stations? Maybe you need some fresh ideas on how to challenge balance? Maybe you want a fun party game? You need to try these fun ways to challenge balance with cardboard blocks. This activity is ...
Christmas Relay – Christmas Gross Motor
Christmas is quickly approaching! Gross motor games with a Christmas theme are so much fun! They work great for the entire month of December! It’s the perfect game for getting out all that energy out! After you read about the Christmas Relay You need to check out Christmas ...
Christmas Gross Motor – Holiday Hop
Are you a teacher, parent, caregiver, or therapist looking for a fun Christmas Gross Motor Idea? The Holiday Hop is the perfect Christmas gross motor idea. This game can be fun from preschool through elementary years. Check out how we play the Holiday Hop! ...
Printable Christmas Activities – That Promote Movement
Are you looking for quick and fun ways to move this holiday season? Do you have kids that need to get all of that energy out? Do you need the kids to re-focus with all the excitement this holiday season? Look no further! Here are fun printable Christmas activities that get ...
December Gross Motor Planning
December is one of my favorite months for gross motor planning. With the holidays upon us there are so many fun themed gross motor activities that you can try! It's a fun month to break down by themes. Check out these ideas for your December gross motor planning! ...
5 Resources To Incorporate Classroom Yoga
Classroom yoga is known for all of it's benefits including increased focus, concentration, and attention as well as promotion of thinking and memory to name a few. For those reasons alone, incorporating classroom yoga seems like a no-brainer! Yoga is really easy to incorporate ...
Stability Ball Activities – Stickers
We love when we can combine fine motor, gross motor, and fun all into one activity and we love stability ball activities. The stability ball sticker game is an awesome way to combine all of these in one really fun activity. It can be changed up for the seasons too by using ...