Effective Preschool Gross Motor Activity
Physical Activities

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The following preschool physical activities will be stimulating the children's gross motor muscles and provide them with a lot of fun!

Social and physical activities could be a important part of cerebral cortex-building activities. Friendship building activities form a very important part of the social development of a preschool child. The preschool child needs to learnto co-operate and take turns and obey simple rules in games.

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Activity 1: Simple Ball Game:

Materials Needed for the Activity:

1. Ball.(Size may vary according to the age group.)

Procedure:

• Let the children stand in a circle.
• The child who has the ball, says the name of another child and throws the ball to them.
• When the other child catches the ball, the child may call another child's name and throw the ball, if not, they pass it to the child next to them.



• The children should not stand to far from one another, in order to make the game easier.
• Further apart for older children, and suit the ball size to the children's abilities. Have fun!

Procedure:

• One child will close his eyes, and count to twenty, while the other children hides in the house, or garden.
• Then say "Coming, ready or not," and seek them out.
• The children should take turns in closing their eyes and counting to twenty.

Procedure:

• The preschool children should form pairs, and sit in front of one another.
• Start with a simple routine, for the children to follow.
• Increase the difficulty, as they manage the routine, add extra claps, touch opposite hands and knees, and so on.

Procedure:

• The children will form pairs, and one child should lie face down.
• The second child should lift the feet of the first child, holding onto the first child's ankles.



• The child lying down, should lift himself/herself onto his/her hands, keeping his/her arms straight.
• The child, holding the other child's ankles should "push" the wheelbarrow forward.
• The second child will walk forward on his/her hands.
• Count how many steps you can "walk" on your hands, before collapsing, then let the children switch positions. Have fun!

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