The ocean is a great theme for gross motor and fine 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 fine motor and ocean themed gross motor planning ideas are for you! Be sure to check out all of the motor planning ideas from Pink Oatmeal.
I LOVE this idea from Toddler Approved. It is such a fun and versatile activity that can be modified for all different levels of motor skills. This activity could be done in high kneeling. In prone on a scooter board or used as a squatting activity.
How about some fishing this week? Check out this fun idea for fishing. Yes, those are candy canes, but using pipe cleaners would probably work well too if you don’t have candy canes on hand.
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Try this fun ocean themed digital game. These can be played on a computer, tablet or interactive whiteboard. An awesome option for distance learning.
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Island Hopping a fun ocean themed gross motor game! Use paper, sit spots, or pillows to play this game!
A great fine motor activity with an ocean theme, this is such a cute octopus by Buggy and Buddy! This could also easily be incorporated into a gross motor game!
Ocean Fine Motor Activities – Eleven different easy, quick, and fun ocean themed fine motor activities can be found in the ocean themed fine motor activities pack. This is a must to save you time and effort and leave you feeling good about your ocean themed fine motor activities.
Ocean Themed Activities
Think about how great it would feel to have everything you needed for ocean themed fine motor and gross motor skills created for you and ready to use now! Not only will you have fun ocean themed motor activities, but you can also feel confident knowing that you and your kids will love these while at the same time working on motor skills. This is the perfect way to combine movement and learning! Pink Oatmeal has everything you need ready to go. Buy the Ocean Motor Pack today!
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