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Active for Life: Jumping, Hopping & Skipping
A series of activities to practice motor skills using jump ropes, cones, and hula hoops.
PE Central
Pe Central: Dancing on Different Levels
Used in the preschool or lower elementary grades, this dance can reinforce the concepts of moving in a low, medium and high level as well as practicing movements to the right and left.
PE Central
Pe Central: Be the Pizza
The students are going to pretend to be pizza dough being made into a pizza pie. The teacher will give the following step by step instructions for the process of making the pizza. Children respond by moving their bodies as if they were...
PE Central
Pe Central: Alphabet Madness
This activity promotes movement through imagery inspired by words associated with each letter of the alphabet.
PE Central
Pe Central: Balancing Act!
Students will demonstrate body management skills specific to balance with and without the use of apparatus by working their way through a series of stations. A balancing checklist for assessment is included.
Other
The Royal Children's Hospital: Hand and Finger Strength
Hand and finger strength is important as it is required for many everyday activities. It also helps to develop the endurance to complete activities such as writing a full page. Here are a variety of strategies to strengthen grip and...
PE Central
Pe Central: Locomotor License
This lesson will have students practicing locomotor skills and moving safely in general space. A video and assessment are provided.
Other
Nhs: Sense Able Ideas: Activities to Improve Oral Motor Skills
This booklet is to give you ideas and activities to help support your child / young person to improve the awareness and co-ordination of their oral motor skills.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Brain Break I See Animals Lesson Plan
For this interactive lesson, students act out animal movements for a short brain break.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Animal Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson using commonly known animals such as a fox, dog and an inchworm, learners enjoy learning about the movements of various animals. The teacher demonstrates how to move and be like that animal using various exercises and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Survival Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students learn survival skills while getting in shape! Students follow along with their teacher as they act out the important survival skills they would need as if they were on a deserted island.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Vacation Fitness Lesson Plan
This lesson is a very relatable fitness activity! Students use their bodies to move through the motions of going on a vacation.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Birthday Fitness Lesson Plan
In this lesson, surrounding a theme children love, their birthdays, students will exercise, move and stretch in way you might while celebrating a birthday.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Waddle Lesson Plan
This instructional activity connects literacy, creativity and movement! Students act out different animals in the book "Waddle" as the teacher reads aloud. Students listen carefully for the animal name and the verb describing how that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Sight Word Spelling Lesson Plan
In this lesson students explore with movement and creativity to make words come alive! Using sight word flashcards, students use their bodies to spell out simple sight words.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Peg + Cat: Printable Games and Activities
Move and play with these activities from Peg + Cat! From playing hide and seek and imagining pirate stories to dancing like Misty Copeland, you will find a treasure of fun ideas in these five printable activities.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Can You Do It? I Can Do It!
In this lesson students focus on physical movement while they make the same movements different animals would make.
Understood For All
Understood.org: 6 Fine Motor Activities for Kids
Kids develop fine motor skills at different rates. If your child's fine motor skills need a little extra help, try these fun activities.
PBS
Pbs: Lace Cards to Strengthen Fine Motor Skills
Get little wrists and fingers ready for writing with this fun activity! Lacing cards help children perfect their pincer grip, which is necessary to hold a pencil properly.
Other
Your Therapy Source: 5 Ways to Develop Spatial Awareness
Developing the skills to express and understand spatial skills are the first step in understanding spatial ability and awareness such as math skills, visual perceptual skills, and body awareness. Here are 5 activities to help encourage...
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Empowered Parents: 19 Kids' Activities & Games to Improve Hand Eye Coordination
Eye-hand coordination is an important gross motor skill children develop during the early years. Find out what it is, why it is important to develop and how you can help your children build their coordination with simple games and...
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Pocket of Preschool: Favorite Fine Motor Tools and Toys for Preschool
Fine motor skills take practice but it can be FUN. Students may not get the time they need to perfect this skill, so let's make sure they have the opportunity to improve with the help of some toys, tools, and games through PLAY.
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School Health: Oral Motor Exercises: Practical Tips and Tricks
There are several oral motor exercises that can be easily performed in a group preschool setting. When other children are involved, the exercises are viewed as fun "games" rather than therapy. The exercises below are designed for...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Big Top Jugglers
Through this lesson students will learn the history of juggling and how to juggle objects.