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    At Home PE Activities

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    This document provides 32 physical activity ideas that can be done at home with children to help develop various motor skills. Some of the activities include having children long jump, play a color run by running to different colored areas, toss a beach ball on a blanket, play hide and seek, balance while doing a limbo, and walk like different animals. Many other ideas involve throwing and catching balls and objects, jumping, balancing, hopping, dancing, riding bikes, and playing games like tag, freeze tag, and obstacle courses. The goal is to encourage children's development of skills like running, jumping, balancing, coordination, agility, and strength through fun indoor and outdoor physical play.

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    This document provides 32 physical activity ideas that can be done at home with children to help develop various motor skills. Some of the activities include having children long jump, play a color run by running to different colored areas, toss a beach ball on a blanket, play hide and seek, balance while doing a limbo, and walk like different animals. Many other ideas involve throwing and catching balls and objects, jumping, balancing, hopping, dancing, riding bikes, and playing games like tag, freeze tag, and obstacle courses. The goal is to encourage children's development of skills like running, jumping, balancing, coordination, agility, and strength through fun indoor and outdoor physical play.

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    This document provides 32 physical activity ideas that can be done at home with children to help develop various motor skills. Some of the activities include having children long jump, play a color run by running to different colored areas, toss a beach ball on a blanket, play hide and seek, balance while doing a limbo, and walk like different animals. Many other ideas involve throwing and catching balls and objects, jumping, balancing, hopping, dancing, riding bikes, and playing games like tag, freeze tag, and obstacle courses. The goal is to encourage children's development of skills like running, jumping, balancing, coordination, agility, and strength through fun indoor and outdoor physical play.

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    At Home PE Activities

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    Christine Silalahi
    This document provides 32 physical activity ideas that can be done at home with children to help develop various motor skills. Some of the activities include having children long jump, play a color run by running to different colored areas, toss a beach ball on a blanket, play hide and seek, balance while doing a limbo, and walk like different animals. Many other ideas involve throwing and catching balls and objects, jumping, balancing, hopping, dancing, riding bikes, and playing games like tag, freeze tag, and obstacle courses. The goal is to encourage children's development of skills like running, jumping, balancing, coordination, agility, and strength through fun indoor and outdoor physical play.

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    At Home PE Ideas

    1. Long Jump
    Just how far can your child jump? Challenge them indoors by having them jump on lines made by painters
    tape on the floor or outdoors on grass or in the sand.

    Skills developed: jumping

    2. Color Run
    On a driveway, sidewalk, or in a park, color four areas (draw circles or squares) with different colors of chalk.
    Call out a color and have your child run to that colored area. Continue to call out different colors in varying
    order.

    Skills developed: running

    3. Beach Ball Blanket Toss


    Hold the corners of a blanket (or towel). Throw a beach ball onto the blanket and listen to the kids giggle as
    they bounce the ball up and catch it.

    Skills developed: throwing, catching

    4. Hide and Seek


    Kids can hide either themselves or objects such as their stuffed animals in this favourite game played by kids
    around the world.

    Skills developed: agility

    5. Limbo
    How low can you go? A fun game indoors or out, use your imagination when it comes to using objects under
    which your child must go under without their hands touching the floor. Objects could include a pool noodle, a
    broom, or a rope.

    Skills developed: balancing

    6. Animal Walks
    Inside or out, encourage your child to slither like a snake, crawl like an alligator, jump like a frog, gallop like a
    horse, or walk like a bear on all fours.

    Skills developed: hopping, galloping

    7. Keep the Balloon Up


    Outdoor on a calm, windless day, or inside, have your kids use their hands or half of a pool noodle to keep a
    balloon afloat. How long can they keep the balloon off the ground?

    Skills developed: volleying, striking


    8. Chase and tag
    Kids love a game of chase, especially with a parent or other adult they trust. A game of running from a “scary”
    monster will involve much squealing with delight.

    Skills developed: running, dodging, agility

    9. Simon/Simone Says
    While the rules are simple, the options for movement are endless. Simon can have kids jumping like a
    kangaroo, standing as tall as a house, making funny faces, standing on one foot, or waving their hands over
    their heads.

    Skills developed: multiple depending on the leader’s actions (jumping, balancing, hopping, etc.)

    10. Leaf Play


    Not everyone loves the raking jobs that come in autumn, but kids love leaves. Rake them up and let kids jump
    into the piles, throw the leaves in the air, and crunch the foliage in their hands. If you don’t have a garden or a
    tree, go for a walk and let kids make music as they crunch through the leaves on the ground.

    Skills developed: jumping, throwing

    12. Hopscotch
    A favorite with kids of all ages, hopscotch is a game that can be played inside or out. Inside, use painters tape
    on the floor to pattern your own board and use buttons, rolled up socks or bean bags instead of rocks.
    Outside, use chalk to make a court and use rocks or the chalk itself as a marker. The rules are simple and the
    game can be played alone or with friends.

    Skills developed: hopping, tossing

    13. Fly a Kite


    Find a wide open space in a park, a beach, or a field, make or purchase a kite, pick a day which is breezy but
    not too windy, and head out to watch your child delight in running with their colorful toy.

    Skills developed: running

    14. Kicking
    Balls are a staple for so many games and activities. Using different types and sizes of balls, have your child see
    how far they can kick, or play goalie in front of a wall or fence and see if your child can kick the ball past you.

    Skills developed: kicking

    15. Balance Beam


    Using an actual gymnastics beam isn’t the only way for a child to learn balance skills. Indoors, use painters
    tape to make a straight line on the floor. Encourage your child to walk forwards, backwards, and sideways.
    [link to tightrope activity] Outdoors, use a plank of wood, a rope, or make a line with chalk for the same
    activity. When your child masters a straight line, add semi-circles or zigzags to add a bit more of a challenge.

    Skills developed: balancing


    13. Dance Party
    Indoors or outdoors, turn up the music, use lights or decorations for ambiance, and let your kids twist,
    macarena, floss, dance like their favorite animal, or freestyle their way to fun.

    Skills developed: agility, balance, coordination

    14. Bubble Play


    Use various sizes and types of bubble wands and have kids blow their own bubbles or blow them yourself and
    have kids chase and pop them.

    Skills developed: agility

    15. Ride a Bike


    Whether it’s a tricycle, a balance bike, a bike with training wheels, or a two-wheeler, kids love to zoom around
    under their own steam.

    Skills developed: balancing

    16. Freeze Tag


    If you’ve got a group of four or more kids looking for some fun, look no further than a good old game of freeze
    tag. Pick one child to be “it”, and have them chase the other kids around. When “it” touches a player, they
    must freeze (stand still) until another player “unfreezes” them by touching them. When “it” freezes all players,
    the game begins again with a new child as “it”.

    Skills developed: agility, running

    17. Fill the Bucket Water Game


    Provide your child with a cup and two buckets (one smaller, one larger). Place the smaller bucket a short
    distance from the larger bucket and fill the larger bucket with water. Have your child scoop water from the
    larger bucket and fill the smaller one. To make the game more challenging, put small holes in the cup or have
    your child dance as they move from bucket to bucket.

    Skills developed: agility, balancing

    18. Paper Airplanes


    There are so many ways to make paper airplanes at home. Throw them inside or outside and see how high
    they can fly, how far they can fly, or if your child can throw them through an object such as a hula hoop.

    Skills developed: throwing

    19. Avoid the Shark


    Cover your living room floor (the shark-filled ocean) with foam floor tiles or towels (taped to the floor with
    painters tape) and have your child jump or walk from one to the next without getting nabbed by a shark.

    Skills developed: jumping, balancing


    20. Bean Bag Toss or Sock Toss
    Bean bags are an easy-to-grip and throw item for kids. Indoors or out, have kids toss them into targets such as laundry
    baskets or hula hoops.

    Skills developed: tossing

    21. Egg and Spoon


    For this ultimate hand-eye coordination and balance game, give kids a spoon and have them balance a hard-
    boiled or plastic egg from one point to another either indoors or out. How quickly can they go? Can they dance
    as they move?

    Skills developed: balance, coordination

    22. Pillow Walk


    Set up a line of couch, throw, or bed pillows on your floor, and have your child walk from one end to the
    other. It may sound easy but their balance will be challenged!

    Skills developed: balancing

    23. Bowling
    Switch up regular bowling inside or outside by having your kids use different sizes of balls to knock down
    different objects such as empty bottles or rolls of paper towels.

    Skills developed: rolling

    24. Climb a Tree


    Pick a tree with low branches and let your child climb. Be close by for help but let your kids see how far they
    can get on their own.

    Skills developed: strength, balance

    25. Bean Bag Balance or Sock Ball Balance


    Have your child balance a bean bag on their head and walk from one point to another without dropping it. As
    they master the walk, move the points further apart or make the course a bit more challenging by adding zig
    zags or circles, or objects around which they have to maneuver.

    Skills developed: balancing

    26. Helicopter
    Turn a jump rope or any rope around in a circle low to the ground while your child hops over it without
    touching it. Be prepared to be the jumper when your child wants to turn the rope too!

    Skills developed: jumping, agility


    27. Obstacle Course
    Indoors or out, let your imagination run wild as you set up an obstacle course for your child. Have them crawl
    under tables, climb over chairs, jump over ropes, hop from cone to cone, crawl through a cardboard box, jump
    through a line of hula hoops, throw a family of stuffed animals into a laundry basket, etc. etc.

    Skills developed: agility, balance, coordination

    28. Hike
    Get into nature and encourage your kids to climb hills, jump over sticks, and balance on tree stumps.

    Skills developed: agility, balance, coordination, endurance

    29. Neighborhood Search


    Prepare a list ahead of time of items to search for as you and your child leave the stroller at home and take a
    walk through your neighborhood. Can they spot a stop sign, a blue flower, something with a tail, something
    round, a fire hydrant, etc.? Check off the items on the list or use your phone to take pictures to review later.

    Skills developed: endurance, agility, balance

    30. Jump in the Sprinkler


    Set up a sprinkler in your yard and have your kids jump through using animal movements or dance through
    (singing along may cause hilarious water in mouth incidents!)

    Skills developed: agility, jumping, hopping

    31. Ten Catches


    Kids learn to catch at different rates but working with them on the skill can begin with underhand tossing
    them a balloon or a soft object such as a rolled up pair of socks or a light ball will be less intimidating than a
    heavy or small ball. Start by standing close to your child, when 10 catches are made move 1 step further away.

    Skills developed: catching

    32. Indoor Skating


    Have your kids place each of their feet on paper plates, face cloths, or felt squares, and let them slide along
    like skating pros on hardwood or carpet. Turn on the music and let them skate to the rhythm!

    Skills developed: balancing

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