Thursday, August 30, 2012

Gross Motor Play

We love fall!  Fall is a time when the weather is so nice we get to play outside longer!  After snack each day we go outside for our gross motor play.  Here are some outdoor activities we do when we are outside each day.



Here are the boys during snack.  We were eating cheese sticks on this day.  (That's a play cell phone in the picture, by the way!  Not sure why he had it out!) 



 Here are our hungry girls just off the bus from school.  Snack time is fun!




This is outside on the jungle gym.  This is great for gross motor development as they climb, swing, and play with this equipment.



This is our play house outside.  These girls are playing inside and one is climbing on top!  I believe they were playing "school".  This is great dramatic play for them.  I think one even brought out her backpack as a prop.



 We love the merry-go-round.  Maybe we love it too much because sometimes they come to me dizzy from too much spinning!



 On this day they were putting rocks on the slide and then sliding down.  



Our basketball champs!  I told them to look over and smile and after several minutes of organizing their pose this is what they came up with.  They are funny kids!