Running, jumping, skipping and climbing. Grasping, pulling, buttoning, tying. It may not seem that these skills would be related to sensory play. But they definitely are! Let’s take a look at how sensory play benefits motor development! We all learn about our environments through exploring with our senses. We take everything in as we see, hear, touch,…
Easy Family Fitness Activities with Kids at Home
Speding time inside four walls of your home can make it much harder for you to stay in shape and exercise, but it doesn’t have to be that way! If you invest a little thought and get a little creative, you can come up with a lot of physical activities that will help you stay…
Top 10 Toys That Promote Gross Motor Skills For 4 Year Olds
Gross motor skill activities are critical for every child. Gross motor activities are what help build muscles and help encourage muscle movement skills. These are important for many skills throughout life and they all start when children are young. These are our Top 10 Toys That Promote Gross Motor Skills For 4 Year Olds. Active…
Top 10 Toys That Promote Gross Motor Skills For 3 Year Olds
Gross motor skills are incredibly important for children. Activities that help encourage growth of gross motor skills are also ones that help strengthen muscles including legs, arms, and core. These toys will help encourage children to strengthen gross motor skills in a fun and exciting way. Children will see these activities as games and never…
Top 10 Toys That Promote Gross Motor Skills For 2 Year Olds
Gross motor skills are incredibly important for children of all ages, including two year old children. Working on gross motor skills helps encourage muscle growth and strengthening which is critical for many aspects of life. This doesn’t have to be a work out but can be completely fun and games for kids. These are our…
Gross Motor Animal Action Game
Summer gross motor activities get your child up, outside and moving. When the weather is super-sunny and feeling warm, chances are that your kiddo is asking, “When can I go outside mommy?” Having a mini stockpile of outdoor activities can take some of the pressure off of having to come up with an on-the-spot option….
Top 10 Toys That Promote Gross Motor Skills For 1 Year Olds
Gross motor skills are important for every day tasks such as walking, running, playing, and more. When kids get older gross motor skills are what will help them play sports, do chores, and even just move around. Building and strengthening gross motor skills does not have to be work, though. Especially with these Top 10…
Color Matching Gross Motor Game
Summer gross motor activities give your child the chance to get out into that awesomely warm air and get moving. Seriously. What’s better than a fun-filled all-out physical activity session? Um, learning too! And color matching gross motor game will provide just that for your kids! Color Match Motor Game Your child is learning her…
Tunnel Race with Pom Poms
This past week has been raining and although it’s Summer according to a calendar, we were mostly inside thinking of ways to make it more fun with things we had on hands. This simple tunnel race game with pom poms was created in just a few minutes and kids were having the blast and laughed…
XO Hop – Indoor Gross Motor Game
Today’s activity is created with small spaces and big energy burning in mind! This indoor gross motor game is a combination of jumping school and tic-tac-toe game hence the name – XO hop! Jump and play! We don’t have lots of space living in an apartment and I know many people are having the same…