
Active Gross Motor Movement 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!
Because we value movement so much here at Hands On As We Grow, we have created full week of indoor gross motor activities to help your child get the wiggles out when you can't get outside (by the way, you can also take these outside)!
Enter your email below to get the active (gross motor movement) indoor week of activities download, so you have it quick and easy, at your fingertips.
In this week of active movement activities, you'll get a taste of what we provide inside The Activity Room.
While this week for you to download is around a provided theme (active movement indoors), The Activity Room provides weeks of fun, week after week, continually around all the areas of development for 2-5 year olds! The fun literally never ends!
We also provide an extra themed week of activities to our annual members that are committed for the entire year. There is so much fun to be had!
If you're on looking to burn off their energy...
There's a reason we created a week of movement activities! We believe kids learn best while moving, and in general, little kids need to move! You may also want a week of move and learn activities. Check it out.
And... remember it's best to build the kids' gross motor skills before working with fine motor activities!
Check out all the gross motor activities below.
Browse Gross Motor Activities:


10 Halloween Scavenger Hunt Ideas for Kids to Get Spooky

Sticky Spider Web Activity That Is Fun and Simple

Spider Web Scavenger Hunt for Halloween

Photo Memory Scavenger Hunt for Kids to Enjoy Every Year

Week of Indoor Gross Motor Kids Activities

7 Simple Fall Gross Motor Activities for Your Kids

Make This Math Path Activity to Practice Almost Any Math Skill

Move and Learn Shapes with a Ball + Tape for Toddlers

Tape Road for Toddlers That is Super Quick and Simple

Colorful Ball Pop Activity for Kids of All Ages

5 Things to Take to the Park for Easy Outdoor Activities

Trampoline Game for Kids: A New Twist on Hopscotch

The Active Tape Jumping Game! A Quick Gross Motor Activity for Kids

Let’s Pretend Play to Connect through Your Child’s Imagination

Hopping Activity for Preschoolers to Match Colors

5 Plastic Egg Activities that are Eggs-actly What You Need

25 Just Plain Fun Activities for Active Kids

Fun Flower Activity with Counting & Jumping

4 Simple, Easy Prep Rainbow Projects for Kids

Make Words with a Fun Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt

Counting Snowman Scavenger Hunt – Get Moving with Math!

Going on a Scavenger Hunt in the Snow! X Marks the Spot

Walk the Line Activity & Blowing Pom Poms

A Winnie the Pooh Activity! Please Pair This with Honey Hunt Book

Fun Games to Play with Cards: The Best Indoor Energy Busters!

Pumpkin Sorting By Size — With Real Pumpkins and No Worksheet!

How to Make a Backyard Obstacle Course for Kids

Balance Beam Color Match Game Terrific for Your Toddler

Make a Bubble Wrap Runway for Kids of All Ages

Easy Blowing with Straws & Pom Poms Activity for Toddlers

2 Simple Balloon and Feet Games for Kids to Play Indoors

Easy Active Musical Game for Kids to Learn their Names

Matching Letters on the Sidewalk Easy Recognition Activity

Easy Balancing Sidekick Gravity Experiment and Activity for Kids

Experience Nature with A Simple Outdoor Sensory Walk

Balloon or Ball and Dice Game: Simple Fun for Kids

Nature Color Scavenger Hunt Easy Activity for Kids

Balloon Tennis Activity that is Simple Fun for Toddlers

Where Do Animals Live Game for Active Play Time

Grocery Store Picture Perfect Scavenger Hunt Made Easy for Kids

Simple Cereal Box Math Puzzle Search and Solve for Kids

Cotton Ball Snowman Activity Excellent for Kids

Animals in Winter Activity an Easy Indoor Scavenger Hunt

4 Easy Ruler Activities for Kids

Simple Alphabet Maze Activity to Learn the ABCs

Pumpkin Hunt and Simple Name Sort Activity

Games to Practice Spelling Words for Kids Made Easy

Alphabet Rocks Make a Beautiful Name Craft for Kids

5 Hungry Ants Chant & Action Song for Preschoolers

Balloon Pop Activity for Exciting Spell Your Name Fun

Shape Activity Using Bean Bags That’s so Simple to Do

Burn Off Energy with an Indoor Gross Motor Activity for Preschoolers!

Awesome Balloon Number Matching Game for PreK

Creative Gross Motor Scooting Pillow Case Race for Preschoolers

Outdoor Gross Motor ABC Football Drill for Fall

Make a Spider Web to Learn Letter S

Easy Indoor Cup Stacking Challenge for Active Play

Classic Outdoor Activity Rolling Down the Hill

Crazy Fun Balloon Activity Race Kids Love

Make Simple Rock Towers for On-the-Fly Kid-Friendly Fun

Wild West Nerf Gun Target Practice for Kids

Easy Listen, Move & Follow Directions Game for Preschoolers!

Super Fun DIY Nature Ring Toss Game for Kids

3 Super Simple Incredibly Fun Pool Noodle Activities for a Rainy Day

Six Ways to Get Moving and Be Silly with a Pillowcase

Build Toddler Muscles with Simple Heavy Lifting Fun

Easy Low Prep Preschool Race to Practice Color Words

How To DIY Your Own Noun or Verb Gross Motor Game

Go on a Fun Vowel Hunt to Build Early Reading Skills

Quick & Easy DIY Preschooler Scavenger Hunt to Match Shapes

Sweet and Silly Honey Hunt Book Based Activity for Preschoolers

Easy Gross Motor Scarf Pull Activity for Babies

A Big Chalk Maze for Preschoolers

Crawl and Learn with a Baby Obstacle Course

5 Ways to Burn Off Extra Energy as a Family

Matching Upper and Lowercase Letters on ABC Road

Follow-the-String Indoor Scavenger Hunt for Kids

Valentine’s Day Scavenger Hunt with Numbers

Easy Baby Gross Motor Play with a Colorful Scarf Circle

Hula Hoop Smash: A Simplified Piñata Activity

An Uneven Book Trail for Gross Motor Fun

A Letter Hunt on The Stairs

Superhero Playground Challenge for Energetic Kids

A Crab Walk Transfer Gross Motor Activity

Balloon Body Pop Experiment for Kids

A-MAZE-ing Way to Learn a Letter

Paper Hands and Feet Gross Motor Activity

Simple Sensory Walking Path for Feeling with Your Feet

How To Make Simple and Random Spaghetti Art With Kids

Number Puzzle Scavenger Hunt for Preschoolers

Big Art for Your Little Artist Using Carpet Square Samples

Secret Hand Signals to Empower Kids (from the Sidelines)

Simple Lid Frisbee Toss Game for Kids

Preschool Scavenger Hunt to Find Colors

Slice the Web Lightsaber Activity

Gross Motor Activity for a Rainy Day: Walking on Pillows

Find & Erase the Matching Shapes

