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Activity Collections by Skill

Activity collections by skill are collections of activities that have to do with things the kids are learning or can do. Such as gross motor skills, fine motor skills, or it could be jumping, writing, reading and so forth.

See other collections of activities collected by themes and materials. They are a great place to search for many activities on a topic.

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10 Gross Motor Activities YOU can do Outside with the Kids

Thanks to Quaker® Big Chewy Granola Bars for fueling [aka sponsoring] me up to do these gross motor activities with my kids! 

We love to get active here. Gross motor activities are always a favorite, and its that time of year where

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32 Objects for Strengthening Fine Motor Skills

We have been loving fine motor activities! George seems to prefer these types of activities, so we tend to do a lot of them!

To have some quick activities ready to go, I started jotting ideas to do that are great for fine

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35 Name Activities for Preschoolers

Last year in three year old preschool, names were a big deal. So I can only suppose they will be again this year in four year old preschool.

Henry learned to recognize his name pretty early on. At first, he thought any word

40 Number Activities for Preschoolers

40 Awesome Number Activities for Preschoolers

Number activities don’t have to be boring, make them fun so your preschooler will love math!

I love math. I’m a nerd, yes. But I love anything to do with numbers. I really do hope I can pass this along to my kids

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50 Incredible Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers

It’s almost time for back to school and these alphabet activities will come in handy!

As a preschooler, I don’t really think a lot is expected for them to know. Some basics are good though, like colors,

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40 Activities to Get Your Kids Moving!

Gross motor skills. I’m a huge fan of getting the kids moving.

For two major reasons:

It wears them out! Number one reason by far!
It’s good for them to learn to move in new ways and build muscles and what not and

30 Materials & Activities to Promote Fine Motor Skills

Fine Motor Skills: 30 Materials & Activities

 

Fine Motor Skills have always been put on a back burner in this house, until recently.

What a difference a year makes!

Last year, Henry wouldn’t sit still, or have any desire to do anything that didn’t involve a lot