Gross Motor Skills

Bring the beach with you wherever you are this summer. Just get a beach ball and practice tossing it back and froth, rolling it, or even kicking it together! 

Use any song you like, then pause and yell "freeze"! Take turns letting your child pause and day freeze. Another option: use a "freeze dance" song. 

Use a sprinkler or hose attachment to play with water and beat the heat this summer. 

Crab walk, hop like a frog, slither like a snake... anything is possible! If playing with multiple children, make sure everyone gets a chance to act out and call out animals. 

Blow bubbles or use a bubble machine to make bubbles indoors or outside. This is a fun way to practice running, jumping and catching bubbles in the air! 

This game can be played anywhere at any time. It's great for travel! One person is the leader and makes a move that the group or other player needs to repeat.