Gross Motor Activities for Kids

Lots of fun gross motor activities for kids

Gross motor activities are a great way for kids to spend all that energy that gets built up!

We have tons of indoor and outdoor gross motor activities to do with the kids that you'll find below. Young kids learn best while moving around! Get them up and moving!

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Remember to build the kids' gross motor skills before working with fine motor activities!

Browse Gross Motor Activities:

It’s Playtime! : Energy Busters

Outdoor Play : Scavenger Hunt

Free Play : Fabric

Letter Learning Activity with the ABC Mat!

Easter Egg Hunt

Activity Course with Balloons

Play a Game of Balloon Badminton with Your Toddler

Box Flap Bridges & an Experiment

Bubble Pop Road & More

A Valentine’s Day Activity or Two: Patterning & a Heart Hunt

There's always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us... Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment's notice! You're awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!! - Melissa C.

"I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. It is so easy to just put up the calendar, and glance at it for inspiration when we are in a funk." - The Activity Room Member, Rachel

I have found it impossible to Google ideas from a million different sites, get organized, shop for supplies, etc. This is exactly what I have been searching for! Thanks for making something so organized and easy to use. - Early Years Activity Plans User, Melissa C.

This takes down the need to scour the internet for ideas. It's like looking for a recipe on the internet, so many options that often times it is less overwhelming to look in a book on the shelf than stress about too many options. - Early Years Activity Plans User, Robyn G

Thank you so much for these activities. They have proven to me that I CAN be that mom that does cool and creative things with her kids! And those cool and creative things can actually be quite simple! What a revelation. Thank you!! - 7 Day Challenge, Katie M.

I feel like a new mama having so many fun ideas. I used to dread the afternoon, after naps, as it was so boring doing the same thing day after day but now I look forward to our "play" time! - Haley S.

You have changed how I spend time with my kid in so many positive ways! I am now one happy dad that no longer wonders what I am going to do with this little guy for the next 12 hours :P Your site was this first time dad life saver! - Jack C.

It is hard to think of things to keep the 3 year old entertained and engaged while taking care of the baby. Everything we have tried so far from your website, the three year old has loved. Your ideas are so simple and he can do them for hours. HEAVEN! - Karen I.