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A Week of Indoor Gross Motor Activities Posted: 05 Jun 2022 06:00 AM PDT Click here to read A Week of Indoor Gross Motor Activities on Hands On As We Grow® 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!

Easy Handprint Magnet Father’s Day Craft Posted: 04 Jun 2022 06:00 AM PDT Click here to read Easy Handprint Magnet Father’s Day Craft on Hands On As We Grow® Make cute handprint magnet, from Julie, for a quick and easy Father's Day craft to make with your kids! My kids and I had so much fun making this super simple Father’s Day gift. Dad is so hard to buy for, but a handmade craft is always a win! This handprint magnet is super simple to make and so useful. It’s a great present for the Dad or Grandpa who has everything! Get creative with these summer art projects to do outside! Dad can keep these at work to remind him of his favorite little ones during the workday. They’re perfect for holding a cute photo on the fridge as well! Easy Handprint Magnet Father’s Day Craft I love how simple these DIY magnets where to make. Plus, we had everything we needed in our activity supply closet. To make your own handprint magnet, you’ll need: foam sheets magnetic sheets pen and markers scissors Get Crafty with this Easy Father’s Day Gift First, I let my kids pick out their favorite color foam sheets. Pink and blue for the win! I traced each child’s hand on the foam. Then we cut out the handprints. The magnetic sheets we purchased had a sticky side. I let my kids carefully peel off the backing, then press the foam handprint onto the sticky magnetic sheet. If you can’t find magnetic sheets with a sticky backing, you can use some craft glue to stick the handprints to the magnet. Make even more simple decorative magnets. While the kids took a quick lap around the kitchen to get their wiggles out, I cut out around the handprint shapes. This left us with foam on one side and magnet on the other. We slapped the handprints on the fridge to make sure they’d stick. Then, we headed back to the kitchen table to decorate! Your kids will also enjoy making these cute Father’s Day crafts! For Father’s Day, I wrote out a simple message with a permanent marker. Regular markers sometimes don’t work well on foam. I like to have a permanent marker on hand, just in case. You could also kick your handprint magnets up a notch with glitter, sequins, or other decorations. But we decided to keep it simple for Dad. I love how these handprint magnets for Father’s Day turned out! These would be so cute wrapped up with a few photo prints and a new coffee mug for work. What are your favorite gifts to make and give for Father’s Day? Share your ideas below!

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