What’s not to love about a Superhero? Kids love superheroes! The ability to fly, scale buildings, and disappear in the blink of the eye? I can see the draw. With all of the super powers and super skills, it’s only natural that superhero activities are a must for any fine motor or gross motor activities.
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Hello back to school season and planning season. It’s apple week! We have a big apple tree in our backyard that is FULL of apples this year. They aren’t the best for eating, but they work great for cooking. Honestly, I don’t even know what kind of apples we have, it came with the house.
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The school year is upon us! It’s a busy time with lots of new friends and routines. Physical activity and motor planning skills are still a must even in the first few weeks of school. Combining movement and learning along with fun motor activities can make it easy to fit in physical activity and appropriate
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Summer is just around the corner! Hooray! School is out and many therapists and parents are looking for simple and fun activities to do with their kids or to send home with their kids. At Pink Oatmeal, is all about gross motor planning. This means that there are motor planning calendars for summer available for
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In March, it’s tournament time. If you live in the same type of home that I do, there is no doubt you are aware of this. Our television is flipping from one tournament game to another and even high school basketball tournaments. Every once in a while I’ll even get in on a bracket. The
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The ocean is a great theme for gross motor and fine motor activities! The ocean life and ocean activities make it fun and easy to incorporate movement into your gross motor planning. Whether you are a teacher, therapist, or parent these ocean themed fine motor and ocean themed gross motor planning ideas are for you!
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I love a good theme when it comes to gross motor planning! Most kids love their pets. So why not make it pet gross motor planning? The fact that pets are animals makes pet gross motor planning a breeze. It adds the fun factor for kids too! Check out all the different ways that you
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Transportation themed activities are the perfect addition to your gross motor plans. It’s fun to move like trucks, cars, and planes. Incorporate everything from yoga to working on vertical surfaces into your transportation themed activities. Check out all the different ideas to move your entire body with a transportation theme!
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Valentine’s Day will be here in just a few short days. Valentine’s Day often comes with Valentine’s Day parties or celebrations. It’s also the perfect time to go with a Valentine’s Day theme for your motor planning. There are a lot of fun ideas out there that can be used for gross motor time, fine motor
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With the Winter Games quickly approaching it’s the perfect theme to add to motor planning activities! There are so many great winter sports as part of the Winter Games that it’s easy to make activities fun for the kids and stick with the theme! Here are some fun fine gross motor activities to get you
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It’s that time of the year when most people are watching football in some way. Maybe they are just watching the big game for the commercials but football is the theme. I love the football theme because it can be used across so many different age ranges! Kids can really relate to it, both boys
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There is no better time than the winter for Arctic Animals. There is no better unit than the Arctic to add to your gross motor planning. The animals of the Arctic make it fun and easy to incorporate arctic animal themed gross motor into your therapy, classroom, preschool, or home. Check out some of these
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There is no better time than January to focus on all things winter! Honestly, winter gross motor week could be done any time from December through March, but January just seems right. During Winter Week the focus of all gross motor activities revolve around all things winter. Check out all of the other theme ideas for
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Fitness week is a fun theme to add to gross motor planning almost any time of the year. Personally, I really like the theme at the beginning of January when everyone is making their resolutions. Check out all of the other themes I like to include in January. The fitness theme really focuses on getting
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December is one of my favorite months for motor planning. With the holidays upon us there are so many fun themed gross motor and fine motor activities that you can try! It’s a fun month to break down by themes. Check out these ideas for your December gross motor and fine motor planning!
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