Beach gross motor activities

A fun outdoor gross motor game using a beach ball for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Perfect for summer or end of the school year!

Watch this quick video on how the kids came up with surfing on dry land. This was a lesson in engineering, design, balance skills, imagination and loads of fun!!!!!

Beach Ball Gross Motor Game for preschoolers. This fun game (and independent play with a ball) helps strengthen those gross motor skills like running, walking, skipping, climbing, throwing – all those whole body movements. Playing games like this one can help children develop hand-eye coordination and overall body control, coordination, and balance. Plus, this type of play is great for relieving stress and increasing fun!

Free Beach Themed Gross Motor Dice - movement and speed dice for kids to have fun with - 3Dinosaurs.com

Beach Themed Yoga for Kids and other fun beach activities! #beachcrafts #yogaforkids #yoga

Free Crab Walk Gross Motor Dice - 3 movements with speed dice included with dice and dice inserts - 3Dinosaurs.com #grossmotor #freeprintable

Fine motor and imaginary world The ability of small muscle groups to move. It is mostly the movements of hands and fingers. For example; to hold pen, to write, to make pictures, to use scissors, to wear shoes, to dress. #straw #finemotor #toddlers #octopuscraft

When it comes to keeping your little ones entertained this summer, beach balls are a surefire hit! Check out these 10 ways to keep your preschoolers and toddlers busy this summer (and elementary kids, too)!

Want a fun ocean activity that helps practice gross motor and is easy to pull together? Try out this seaweed ball roll. #seaweed #ball #grossmotor #preschool #kindergarten #preschoolgrossmotor #diy #tptubes #teacherideas #ocean

Print these cards and create a fun Summer Camp obstacle course or relay race for the kids One of the easiest boredom busters to throw together is an obstacle course or a relay race. The kids love it, and it doesn’t take much time or effort to organize the activity. It will get them moving, […]

Need a brain break for your students? Trying to work with a Sensory kiddo? Have a child that never seems to lack energy? Try doing a relay race or an imitation game where each child acts like an animal: hop, crawl, fly, run,slither, jump! Just 5 minutes might make a huge difference. #teacher #students #therapy #intervention #activity #animal #kids #sensory #proprioception #vestibular #brainbreak #movement

Sea Themed Yoga! Perfect for any sea or ocean unit, brain break, or kinesthetic learning.

This movement game is perfect for every member of the family. Take turns diving, swimming, and jumping like each sea animal on the Wheel of Fitness! A fun fitness activity that your little one will request on repeat. #indoorgames #kidsgames #indooractivities #printablesforkids #freeprintable #earlylearning #earlychildhood #homeactivities

Preschoolers love to move like animals! These Under the Sea Movement cards are a perfect addition to your Under the Sea Theme! Use these cards as a fun group activity, then keep on hand to use during transitions

A neat way to learn about the octopus and build teamwork in your classroom! As I mentioned in my previous post, we read two books about an octopus and in our second book we learned that an octopus has eight legs or technically eight arms with suction cups (squids have tentacles)...

3 Dinosaurs is a web site with printables, gross motor, trip reviews, and book activities for tots, preschoolers, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade & fourth grade.