Beach ball therapy activity

Beach Ball Gross Motor Game for preschoolers. This fun game (and independent play with a ball) helps strengthen those gross motor skills like running, walking, skipping, climbing, throwing – all those whole body movements. Playing games like this one can help children develop hand-eye coordination and overall body control, coordination, and balance. Plus, this type of play is great for relieving stress and increasing fun!

I love activities with food and opportunities for students to be creative with food. I talk about it more here. So, I am always looking for a new "competition" type activity to challenge students. I have done a Iron Kid Chef Activity and a Cupcake Competition with my students. I was super excited to come up with a new idea for a food competition. Really, it isn't a new idea. People have been making gingerbread houses for ages. But at least it is a new spin on the idea....to tie in some…

I was reading one of my favorite MPMK posts the other day, How to Maintain Your Zen When the Kids Have Lost Their Ever-Loving Minds, and I was reminded of how much we used to play with beach balls in the house when the kids were younger. It was such a simple way to keep the kids …

PDF Printable 50 Things to Do with a Beach Ball Physical Activity Ideas

Here are a variety of beach ball games and activities you can play to encourage gross motor skills, coordination skills, and more!

Toss and Talk Ball: Find a ball or get a new one delivered. Blow-up beach balls are great for this. Grab a sharpie and cover the ball in questions. See the attached list with a ton of suggestions. Try to include a mix of thoughtful questions and fun activities or silly questions. Then get together with your family and toss the ball around. Wherever your right thumb lands when you catch the ball, is the question you answer. Enjoy the time together learning new things about each other.

Beach Ball Questions Game-I made this when I worked as a Recreational Therapist at a Psych Hospital and used this with my patients to get them to talk more and interact with the group. @Sonia Le Blanc

We recently went to a swimming pool party for my niece, and took her this beach ball game! I bought a cheap beach ball and wrote questions all over it. You toss the ball and whoever catches it, has to answer the question that's under (or near) their right hand pointer finger. We played the question game, then after that we played beach volleyball! Hey! Two games in one, win-win! This was simple and loads of laughs! My sister wanted a list of all of the questions I wrote all over the ball…

Beach balls are so much fun on the sand or in the pool. Bring a little summer fun into your classroom with these five review games and activities that include beach balls.