Use tape or chalk to make a line on the floor or ground outside using coloured tape or chalk. Encourage children to see how many things they can do: jump over the line, hop along the line, slide on the line etc…
After you suggest some things the children can do, they will probably come up [...]
Here is a great poem to get children moving to:
I Can
Like a bunny I can hop.
I can spin like a top.
I can reach way up high.
And I almost touch the sky.
In a boat I row and row.
Sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
Now a bouncing jumping jack.
I pop up and then go back.
Then sway gently in the [...]
This would be a fun family activity to do, children love to use their imaginations and they would love to see their parents using their imaginations as well!
Have children pretend to be things such as those listed and have the others try to guess what the child is.
Here is a list: (Be creative and come [...]
If you have young children who want to dig in your garden or pull out the vegetables (before they are ready to be harvested) consider giving them their own garden.
For children too young to understand how to take care of a garden, have plastic fruits and veggies in a sandbox or in a designated area [...]
