A Week of Indoor Gross Motor Activities

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This is a week of indoor gross motor activities that are just meant to burn off that extra energy when you’re stuck inside.

There’s no ‘real’ (academic) learning involved, not themed in any way… just good ol’ fun movement activities to do inside.

Now is a good time to have some indoor activities planned, for those days that you’ll need them. When we have a lot more indoor time, it’s so hard to burn off their energy.

I always have a few go-to indoor ideas (like our fine motor rubber band activity and lines of tape), but it’s always good to have a way for them to go crazy for a few minutes, in a controlled way that I like.

Hence, the need for some indoor gross motor activities.

Free feel to plan your own week using our hundreds of indoor activities found here.

Just to give you a little background on how I’ve planned a week of activities for my own kids… whether its indoor gross motor activities, crafts, fine motor activities or art projects… or more likely, a well-rounded week of activities that includes each of them all.

I start with the gauging what my child is interested in (using the “My Child This Week” sheet of the free weekly planner). I fill one out for each of my kids and what they’re into at the moment. I use this as my guide to plan our activities accordingly.

With each of my kids’ interests, I brainstorm 7 activities to do that week. I jot them down on the simple ‘Activities To Do This Week’ planner. As for this week of activities to learn a letter, it could be any of our letter learning activities.

But for this one in particular, I wanted the ability to be able to focus in on one letter.

And of course, like always, I include a day of family time. I think the kids will especially love this family activity!

Here’s a week of super fun indoor gross motor activities to do with the kids.

This week of activities is a sampling of what it would be like to be a member of The Activity Room and have all the activities planned for you, week after week. Get on the waitlist to join here.

Monday: Walking on Pillows

Lay pillows and cushions on the floor in a line. Attempt to walk across them!

Supplies needed:

• pillows
• cushions

Find details: Walking on Pillows

Tuesday: Paper Hands & Feet

Trace and cutout your child’s hands and feet on paper. Tape the paper hands and feet to the floor and have your child match their hands and feet to the paper. Re-position the paper hands and feet and repeat!

Supplies needed:

• paper
• pencil
• scissors
• tape

Find details: Paper Hands & Feet

Wednesday: Indoor snowball fight

Make snowballs with balled up socks, or wadded paper, and have a snowball fight!

Supplies needed:

• socks or paper

Find details: Indoor snowball fight

Thursday: A Tape Road

Tape two lines as the sides of the roads around the house! Create intersections and curves!

Supplies needed:

• painter’s tape

Find details: A Tape Road

Friday: Simple Frisbee Toss

Tape 3 lines of tape on the floor about a foot apart. Stand back and toss the lids like a frisbee to land on the tape line!

Supplies needed:

• plastic lids
• painter’s tape

Find details: Simple Frisbee Toss

Saturday: Follow the Line Motor Planning

Lay out a jump rope on the floor in a long long. Move a ball from one end to the other along the rope using your hands… how about your foot?

Supplies needed:

• jump rope or string
• ball

Find details: Follow the Line Motor Planning

Sunday: Don’t Step in the Lava!

Spread sheets of paper around the room, within jumping distance of each other. Jump from paper to paper to not step in the lava (the bare floor).

Supplies needed:

• paper or pillows

Find details: Don’t Step in the Lava!