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!
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...
Easter egg parachute game
Our Easter egg parachute game in preschool was the most fun ever!!
All pumped up for water play and moose track soap
An amazing water play process that combines literacy, motor skills, and water play! You won’t want to miss the fun with this one!
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.
15 Fabulous fingerplays and facts
Having a set of fingerplays in your toolbox of teaching skills is a must do for anyone working in an early childhood environment.
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.
Five fun ways to teach with tape
Introducing five fun ways teachers can use tape in the preschool classroom to promote learning and play!
Around the world | an Earth day game
We took our Earth day ball outdoors on a bright and sunny day and played a game called, “Around the World!”