Summer is just around the corner! Hooray! School is out and many therapists and parents are looking for simple and fun activities to do with their kids or to send home with their kids. At Pink Oatmeal, we've put together some summer gross motor planning ideas for you. Pink ...
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Spring Fine Motor Activities
Don't you just love the smell of spring? The fresh air and I can finally open my windows again feeling is so much appreciated after a long winter. Although, spring is often a short season where I'm from, it's a season I have great appreciation for. We are celebrating this ...
Ocean Themed Gross Motor
The ocean is a great theme for gross motor activities! The ocean life and ocean activities make it fun and easy to incorporate movement into your gross motor planning. Whether you are a teacher, therapist, or parent these ocean themed gross motor planning ideas are for you! ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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! Everything from The Gingerbread Man to Christmas themed games are perfect this time of the year! Check out these ideas ...
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 ...
Brain Breaks for Kids – In The Classroom
Brain breaks for kids are so important in today's learning environments. So what exactly are brain breaks? They aren't just letting the kids sit and rest their brains. Brain breaks for kids are in fact giving the opportunity for them to move! The research is strong that brain ...
Baseball Brain Breaks
It's baseball season! When working with my kids during therapy sessions I try to find activities that interest them or catch their attention. I've found with my sports crazy kids, relating sports to any kind of strengthening, range of motion, cardiovascular exercise etc. to ...
Physical Activity For The Classroom – Using Technology
Most of us are aware that there is plenty of research that physical activity is needed in the classroom. There is also a lot happening with technology in the classroom. That being said, combining physical activity and technology could be useful to classroom teachers throughout ...