My girls love sensory play and fine motor activities but they also like to move. They are active by nature and need to be able to run, play, jump and climb. I knew I wanted to create some gross motor activities that fit with our color and shape theme. I printed out large shapes in different colors and laminated them.
Since we are still enjoying summer like weather in Michigan, we took these outside and spread them on the patio.
I called out different colors and K had to hop to that card. Then we switched to shapes. I called them out and she would find them.
Then she wanted to switch it around a bit and she would hop to a shape and I had to identify what color she was on. Both girls loved hoping around on the shapes and colors. K even asked if we could do it the next day and she tried it on grass that time. It tends to work best on a flat surface. I didn't tape these down because I wanted to be able to use them again for other activities. Because they were laminated and because they weren't taped down, they were a little slippery at times when she went to hop. I would recommend taping them with washi tape or painters tape so you can remove it but make the hopping game a little more safe.
Another idea for these cards would be to set them up like hopscotch. I plan to try that this winter in our main hallway when it is too cold to go outside. That way we can keep hopping all winter long!
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HERE for my Preschool Mini Unit.
