These election day activities are great not only for election day, but can also be combined with any patriotic holiday! Check out the President’s Day Gross Motor Activities post for even more great ideas that you could use!
Election Day Gross Motor Activities
Let’s start off with some gross motor activities. First up let’s get those ballots to the box. There are so many different gross motor activities you can do to bring the ballots to the ballot box. Vote on your favorite sport, food, color and more!
Try the patriotic star jump. This is another fantastic activity to combine into your election week. You can get this as part of the Patriotic Gross Motor Games.
Let’s vote again, this time take your voting cards and pick your favorite exercise. There are several cards you can vote from. You could even bring them to the ballot box! Get the Let’s Vote Gross Motor Task Cards game.
Vote on your favorites with this digital gross motor game. You can play it in a digital manner or you can print the game and use them as task cards. Get the This or That Game.
Election Fine Motor and Visual Motor Activities
Let’s talk about some fine motor and visual motor activities to go with an election unit. Let’s start with Election Day Form Constancy. This activity is a perfect visual motor activity and fine motor activity.
Next up, let’s try voting on hand fine motor movements. These Let’s Vote task cards have you voting between different ways to move your hands. There are several to choose from. Do this as an activity on it’s own or as part of a larger activity. Combine this with the ballot box activity!
Next up is this open-ended voting activity. Create a campaign sheet for yourself, Whiskers the Cat, Lucy the Dog or even your favorite candy bar! This is a great way to work on handwriting, coloring and drawing. Get this fun Election Fine Motor Activity!
