Thursday, January 30, 2020

The chalk and the sweat - Gross motor activity

Get the kids outdoors in the sunshine and fresh air with this gross motor activity!! 🌞🌈Yes, we are here with one more activity which is a blend of learning shapes and alphabets, along with some sweat glands workout for kids🙌


Easy to setup, you just need chalk and a space like sidewalk or cement patio. You can try out variations in this, but the kids would find their own ways to play with this. Ask ideas from them, to your great surprise they will come up with ideas we haven't thought about.


Lets get into this. Draw different shapes in grid pattern. As you add rows, vary the order, making sure each row has at least one of each shape.


Let the kids chose their own shape (no fighting, please!). They have to jump from one end of the grid to the other, but staying on their shape. LO had great fun as we did this together with my niece and nephew.




For older kids you could encourage they hop from shape to shape. My niece, as she is the eldest among the three found bit bored at the beginning, but she made it interesting by hopping forward and backward, skipping rows,etc.



In the second phase, we included alphabets to extend the play time. The kids helped me out in doing so. And again the fun began.





 The kids tried out all possibilities. I'm sure this fun activity would keep the kids busy for long time.


After they had exhausted all possibilities the kids asked for chalk and kept themselves busy with some creative art!!

Happy Parenting😊

Friday, January 17, 2020

Get the kids moving using a chalk!

Gross motor activities should be essential part of every child's daily life. It helps to develop hand-eye coordination, improve gross motor skills and better physical development.
But I feel LO doesn't get enough physical activity that he should get at this age😔So I always try to find ways to engage him through simple activities at home to keep him moving around. This activity is a modification of the post by 21st Century Teachers which I have already shared on my facebook page. I liked it very much and was waiting for the right time to try this.
We did this activity together with my niece and nephew during their year end vacation. At the start I was skeptical about this move whether the kids would enjoy or not. But to my astonishment kids enjoyed to the core.Very simple to execute with loads of fun guaranteed😀. 













Try this one and let me know the outcome. 
Happy Parenting!😊😊