• Play with a large ball. Encourage your child to kick the ball using one foot and then the other, Then throw and catch it too. You can let some of the air out of a beach ball to make it easier for children who are really struggling with learning to catch.

• Encourage your child to ride a bike. Use either a push bike or pedal bike with or without training wheels, according to your child's ability.

• Play "Simon Says” with your child.

• Ask him to stand in front of a chair, behind a chair, next to the chair, on top of the chair and crouch under the chair.

• Tell your child that he must be your shadow and mimic all your actions as your walk about and perform simple actions,

• Learn action songs and perform the actions as you sing them.

• Ask your child to imitate the movement of different animals: creep like a snake, waddle like a duck, hop like a rabbit etc.

• Encourage him to balance first on one leg, then on the other for as long as possible.

• Put a 2x4 on the ground and have your child practice walking across it. Have them use their arms to balance, if they fall off it won't be a very long drop!

• Ask your child to skip or to gallop like a horse.

• Give children jungle gyms to climb and slides to go up and down, You can either provide this equipment in your own yard, or take your children to the park on a regular basis and encourage them to play.

• Give children toys to ride on - from bikes to scooters to skateboards.

• Play different ball games with your child, games that would require them to throw, kick and catch.

• Provide objects for your children to push, pull, jump off of and jump over.

• Encourage your kids to participate in the above kinds of play situations when improving the gross motor skills of children. Work with them often. Allow them to practice these skills over and over. Over time, you will be amazed as you watch their clumsiness turn into coordination.