Gross Motor

Gross Motor Activity Ideas could include:

• Theraband exercises

• Jumping jacks

• Go Noodle videos

• Standing on one foot, switching

• Cross crawls

• Wall push ups

• Side step foot tap

• Turn right/turn left

• Slow down- reach overhead & touch toes

Heavy Work ideas

• Pushing or Pulling games - tug-o-war

• Wrestling or football

• Raking leaves

• Moving furniture

• Pushing weighted carts

• Wall or chair push-ups

• Crab crawls

• Barrel crawls

Bilateral Coordination Activities

• Yoga

• March to music and clap hands

• Cross crawls -Right hand/left foot

• Jumping jacks

• Cross country jumping jacks

• March in place sitting and draw circles with hands

• Dribble ball, kick ball

• Hopscotch

• • Motor activities with metronome

  • Jump rope, jumping activities

  • Animal walks

  • Arm strengthening prone activities, use wrist weights of varying heaviness

Brain gym- encourages movement and integration of both sides of body and crossing midline

Motor activities

• Lie on stomach to strengthen back and upper trunk

• Play while child is bouncing on a ball for vestibular stimulation and joint proprioception

• Swing child on suspended piece of equipment for vestibular stimulation

• Write or draw on vertical surface with shaving cream or pudding

Heavy work activity websites:

Growing hands-on kids

Classroom in motion

Koo Koo Kanga Roo on YouTube offers a variety of dance and movement activities to songs!