Balance Poses
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 5 years
This activity develops coordination and balance.
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The fun activities below help kids to develop the fundamental movement skills that provide an early foundation for physical literacy. You can search these activities according to child age and movement skill using the sorting tool above.
Ball Hockey for Children
Skill: Strike
30 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 8 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a hockey stick (i.e., striking tool). These skills also transfer to striking with a bat or racquet.
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Basketball Shooting – Wheeling
Skill: Throw, Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 8 - 12 years
This activity develops throwing skills together with core strength.
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Animal Friends
Skill: Balance
15 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 6 years
This activity develops coordination and balance as kids try to imitate the movements of different animals.
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Ball Hockey for Toddlers
Skill: Strike
20 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 4 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a hockey stick (i.e., striking tool). These skills also transfer to striking with a bat or racquet.
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Balloon Batting
Skill: Strike
10 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 5 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a simple bat (i.e., striking tool). These skills also transfer to striking with a racquet or stick.
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Balloon Juggling
Skill: Volley
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 8 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve striking or catching an object in the air (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Balloon Soccer
Skill: Kick
15 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 5 years
This activity develops leg coordination, balance, and gross motor control in the lower body. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and rhythmical movement (e.g., soccer, basketball, volleyball, racquet sports, martial arts, dance).
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Balloon Tennis
Skill: Strike
30 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a simple racquet (i.e., striking tool). These skills also transfer to striking with a bat or stick.
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Balloon Volleyball
Skill: Volley
15 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 10 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross and fine motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve striking or catching an object in the air (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Baseball Batting
Skill: Strike
20 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a bat (i.e., striking tool). These skills also transfer to striking with a racquet or stick.
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Baseball Throwing
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 7 - 12 years
This activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Basic Pedal Biking
Skill: Balance
30 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 8 years
This activity develops dynamic balance and coordination essential for long-term success in cycling.
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Basic Striking
Skill: Strike
15 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 3 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a striking tool (such as a bat, a racquet, or a hockey stick).
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Basket Catch
Skill: Catch
15 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 3 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Basketball Dribble
Skill: Dribble
15 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, balance, and rhythmical movement.
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Basketball Passing – Wheeling
Skill: Catch, Throw, Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 8 - 12 years
This activity develops throwing and catching skills together with core strength.
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Bathtub Swimmer
Skill: Kick
15 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 3 years
This activity develops leg coordination, strength and gross motor control in the lower body. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve swimming or simply kicking an object (e.g., soccer, football, martial arts).
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Beach Ball Handball
Skill: Strike
30 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 10 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing for striking a moving object. These skills also transfer to striking with a bat, racquet, or stick.
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Bean Bag Golf – Wheeling
Skill: Throw, Wheeling
10 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops throwing.
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Bear Crawl
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 8 years
This activity develops coordination, balance, and strength as kids try to imitate the movements of a bear.
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Bounce and Catch
Skill: Catch
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 6 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, as well as fine motor control of the hands and fingers.
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Bowling Milk Cartons
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
his activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Bucket Toss Golf
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 10 years
This activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Cardboard Javelin
Skill: Throw
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 10 years
This activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, javelins, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Dodge Ball
Skill: Agility
15 minutes
Suggested age: 8 - 12 years
This activity develops coordination of legs, arms and torso, plus dynamic balance and speed. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and speed (e.g., soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, racquet sports, martial arts, dance).
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Fill the Water Bucket
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 8 years
This activity develops balance.
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Float the pond
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 8 years
This activity develops coordination and balance as kids have to constantly bend and balance on one foot.
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Follow the Leader
Skill: Agility
15 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 8 years
This activity develops leg coordination, dynamic balance, and speed. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and speed (e.g., soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, racquet sports, martial arts, dance).
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Follow the Leader – Wheeling
Skill: Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops wheeling skills and leadership.
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Galloping Horse
Skill: Gallop
15 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 6 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, and rhythm required for activities at older ages such as running, skipping, hopping, and dancing.
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Growing Flowers
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 6 years
This activity develops coordination and balance as kids try to imagine and imitate the movement of a flower as it grows and blossoms.
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Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Skill: Lift and lower object
10 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 7 years
This activity develops coordination of legs, arms and torso, plus dynamic balance. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and coordination for lifting and lowering objects (e.g., weightlifting as a sport, and all daily lifting activities in general, plus combative sports such as wrestling and judo).
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Hockey Bowling – Wheeling
Skill: Strike, Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops striking skills together with core strength.
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Hockey Mini Sticks
Skill: Strike
15 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 10 years
This activity develops striking.
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Hockey Passing – Wheeling
Skill: Strike, Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 8 - 12 years
This activity develops striking skills together with core strength.
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Hockey Shooting
Skill: Strike
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination and timing while using a hockey stick (i.e., striking tool). These skills also transfer to striking with a bat or racquet.
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Hockey Shooting – Wheeling
Skill: Strike, Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops striking skills together with core strength.
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Jump Rope Simplified
Skill: Jump
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 6 years
This activity develops rhythm, timing, and spatial perception.
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Kangaroo Hopping
Skill: Hop
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 10 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, and rhythm required for activities at older ages such as running, skipping, hopping, and dancing.
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Kick Instep
Skill: Kick
15 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops leg coordination, strength and fine motor control in the lower body. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve kicking an object (e.g., soccer, football, martial arts).
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Kick Side Foot
Skill: Kick
15 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 12 years
This activity develops leg coordination, strength and fine motor control in the lower body. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve kicking an object (e.g., soccer, football, martial arts).
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Mirror Mirror
Skill: Agility, Balance, Hop, Jump, Run, Skip
10 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 6 years
This activity develops coordination and balance as kids try to imitate the movements of their parent or play partner.
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Monkey Bar Challenge
Skill: Agility
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 10 years
This activity develops coordination of legs, arms and torso, plus dynamic balance and body proprioception. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and proprioception (e.g., gymnastics, aerial diving, martial arts, dance, soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball).
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Outdoor Golf Toss
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 6 - 12 years
This activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Overhand Catch
Skill: Catch
15 minutes
Suggested age: 6 - 12 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, fine motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Picking Up Things
Skill: Lift and lower object
20 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 4 years
This activity develops coordination of legs, arms and torso, plus dynamic balance. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and coordination for lifting and lowering objects (e.g., weightlifting as a sport, and all daily lifting activities in general, plus combative sports such as wrestling and judo).
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River Bank
Skill: Jump
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, mental focus, and reaction time required at older ages for a variety of sports and activities.
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River Leap
Skill: Jump
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, rhythm, and timing required for any and all sports and activities that involve a running jump (e.g., basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics).
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Rolling Down A Hill
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 6 years
This activity develops body proprioception and balance as kids roll because they learn how to differentiate up from down even when it keeps changing.
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Run Away from the Monster
Skill: Agility
15 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 5 years
This activity develops agility along with running and dodging as kids try to escape the monster.
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Running Long Jump
Skill: Run
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, timing, and strength required for any and all sports and activities that involve a running jump (e.g., basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics).
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Skip to My Lou
Skill: Skip
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 8 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, and rhythm required for activities at older ages such as running, skipping, hopping, and dancing.
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Snowball Throwing
Skill: Throw
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 8 years
This activity develops throwing.
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Soccer Dribbling
Skill: Kick
15 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops leg coordination, strength and fine motor control in the lower body. It also develops balance and rhythmical movement. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and rhythmical movement (e.g., soccer, basketball, volleyball, racquet sports, martial arts, dance).
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Soccer Indoor Mini Game
Skill: Dribble, Kick
20 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 8 years
This activity develops kicking, along with some ball dribbling.
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Soccer Outdoor Mini Game
Skill: Dribble, Kick
20 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops kicking, along with some ball dribbling.
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Standing Broad Jump
Skill: Jump
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 10 years
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, and strength required for any and all sports and activities that involve jumping (e.g., basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics, diving).
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Tag
Skill: Agility
10 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops coordination of legs, arms and torso, plus dynamic balance and speed. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve dynamic balance and speed (e.g., soccer, basketball, hockey, volleyball, racquet sports, martial arts, dance).
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Target Throwing
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 10 years
This activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, frisbees, javelins, darts, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Tennis Ball Bounce Catch
Skill: Catch
20 minutes
Suggested age: 6 - 12 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, fine motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Throw and Catch – Wheeling
Skill: Catch, Throw, Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops throwing and catching skills together with core strength.
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Throwing Stones in Water
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops coordination of arms and torso, fine motor control, and the ability to “read” distances. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve throwing an object accurately over a perceived distance (e.g., balls, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Toddler Balance Walk
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 4 years
This activity develops dynamic balance in preparation for all walking and running activities at older ages.
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Toddler Ball Rolling
Skill: Catch
10 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 3 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve moving objects (e.g., balls, pucks, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Toddler Biking
Skill: Balance
30 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 4 years
This activity develops balance, coordination, and strength in the legs in preparation for more advanced cycling activities at older ages.
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Toddler Bubble Catch
Skill: Catch
15 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 4 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, gross motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Toddler Jumping
Skill: Jump
10 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 3 years
This activity develops dynamic balance and coordination required for any and all sports and activities that involve jumping and landing (e.g., basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics).
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Toddler Obstacle Course
Skill: Agility, Balance
15 minutes
Suggested age: 2 - 5 years
This activity develops agility, balance, and coordination as your child moves through the obstacle course.
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Toddler Stair Climbing
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 1 - 3 years
This activity develops dynamic balance in preparation for all walking and running activities at older ages.
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Twist and Shout
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 12 years
This activity develops coordination and balance as kids shift their weight from one foot to the other while twisting their body through a dynamic range of motion.
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Underhand Catch
Skill: Catch
15 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 8 years
This activity develops hand-eye coordination, fine motor control, and the ability to track moving objects in the air. These skills transfer to sports and activities that involve flying objects (e.g., balls, shuttlecocks, frisbees, ribbons, sticks, batons).
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Wheelbarrow Walking
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 8 years
This activity develops coordination, balance, and strength as kids imitate the movement of a wheelbarrow.
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Frisbee Basics
Skill: Throw
15 minutes
Suggested age: 6 - 12 years
This activity develops an unusual style of throwing that requires both large-motor and fine-motor coordination of the hands, wrists, arms, legs, and trunk.
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Frisbee Bowling
Skill: Throw
20 minutes
Suggested age: 6 - 12 years
This activity develops more advanced skill in throwing a frisbee for accuracy.
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Frisbee Golf
Skill: Throw
30 minutes
Suggested age: 6 - 12 years
This activity further develops frisbee throwing, and it includes some imagination and problem-solving challenges in setting up the golf course.
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