Gross Motor

Most of what I have posted so far has dealt with our literacy, math and fine motor activities, but large motor skills are just as important to train and practice. Most kids learn these gross motor skills by simply playing, but when you live in an apartment, a yard is nonexistent, and its fall/winter how do you practice these skills like running, jumping, throwing, catching, etc. So Tuesday our Mommy's-R-Us group decided to take a picnic to the park because the weather called for 70s! However, what none of us realized was that it was going to be ruined with a classic case of fog- heavy, wet, cold, fog. So we took ourselves to the local YMCA to warm up and enjoy the large indoor play area. We rented balls for the kids to play with they all had a blast running, jumping, throwing, rolling and catching. All fabulous gross motor skills! We also attempted a cooperative game of Red light Green Light, which the four year old understood the rules and the two years olds just ran and gave the four year olds a tough time deciding whether to follow the rules of the game or to just run. All in all, it was a successful day of running, playing and learning.