The development of large motor skills is an important part of early childhood development. The good news is that promoting large motor skills can easily be done through fun, playful, and interesting games and activities that are both indoors and outdoors. If you would like to see an overview of different ways to promote Large motor skills, begin here: Large Motor Play for Preschoolers.
Here are a few ways we promote large motor skill development...
A DIY drop box game that my students love!
A DIY drop box game is a great way to build teamwork and critical thinking! I shared the sweetest, individual-sized, DIY drop box game on
Spin-around game
Your children will love to play invented games together in the preschool classroom! My students love, and I mean love, playing all kinds of large
Why your preschoolers should play with blocks
Have you ever heard someone say, “All they ever want to do is play in the block center!” Well I have some news about the block center
The number line game!
A great way to incorporate movement and practice memory recall with numbers! The number line is a very simple game that invites the children to
Large motor play for preschoolers
Throughout the school year, make sure to invest time in planning activities that promote various types of large motor skills!
Bean bag bucket toss
Playing the bean bag bucket toss game and exploring colors in our own unique way in my preschool classroom.
The name game
We’ve all heard of the “Name Game” song, but this is a fun large motor game with lots of different possibilities!
The step ladder game
The step ladder game is a simple game that we made up and added to the end of our ladder exploration day.
J is for jump
We are introducing the letter Jj with this simple and fun jumping game!
More indoor large motor play: Fun Friday features
More indoor large motor activities shared by our blogging friends on the Discover and Explore linky.
Winter time large motor play for the preschool classroom
Ways to get your kids moving indoors and enhance gross motor development In the winter time, we have a lot of requests for indoor games
Parachute basics: The hello game
The parachute is a wonderful way to introduce your students on how to work together to achieve a common goal. Today, my students played the hello game as we learned the basics of how to use a parachute
Five simple activities that promote teamwork!
To promote teamwork in a fun and inviting way, I like to come up with creative games or art activities that my students can do together.
An octopus has eight legs and so do we!
When I told the children that they actually can have eight legs like an octopus, they told me that this could not be possible. So I had to show them that they could!
Let’s get moving with a DIY action cube!
Get your preschoolers up and moving with these simple DIY action cubes!
DIY mouse shape dice game
Playing our own DIY Mouse Shapes Dice game in preschool as a large group and in free play!