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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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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Snowball Throwing
Skill: Throw
15 minutes
Suggested age: 4 - 8 years
This activity develops throwing.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jump Rope Simplified
Skill: Jump
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 6 years
This activity develops rhythm, timing, and spatial perception.
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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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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 Mini Sticks
Skill: Strike
15 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 10 years
This activity develops striking.
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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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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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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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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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Follow the Leader – Wheeling
Skill: Wheeling
5 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops wheeling skills and leadership.
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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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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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Fill the Water Bucket
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 8 years
This activity develops balance.
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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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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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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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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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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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Bean Bag Golf – Wheeling
Skill: Throw, Wheeling
10 minutes
Suggested age: 5 - 12 years
This activity develops throwing.
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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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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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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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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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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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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 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 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 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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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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Balance Poses
Skill: Balance
10 minutes
Suggested age: 3 - 5 years
This activity develops coordination and balance.
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