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😊