Spring Outdoor Activities

It's been a year since my last post????? I have really been a slacker... spring is finally here (sort of), and so I thought I'd post a little bit about doing some fun outside activities. These types of activities can address a number of skills: fine and visual motor skills, motor planning, tactile and visual sensory input, direction following, etc., all while having fun outdoors!

• bucket of water and some paint brushes- paint with the water on the side walk or brick building, practice numbers and letters, draw
• paint sidewalks with homemade chalk paint- use in spray bottles, squirt with a condiment bottle, paint with a brush Chalk Paint Recipe
• sidewalk chalk- buy some or make your own (see link below for recipe and activities from Fun-A-Day)

• blow bubbles, play with a bubble gun or bubble machine  Make your own bubble solution:

2 cups warm water

1/3 cup dish soap

1/4 cup corn syrup

• hula hoop, jump rope, ankle skip ball, Chinese jump rope
• make pinwheels and take outside in the wind DIY pinwheels
• side walk chalk: hop scotch, maze, activity/sensory path

• scavenger hunt/I spy: give everyone a clip board- circle the items found on a worksheet, print the word of the item once found 
• fly a kite- DIY link: DIY Garbage Bag kite

Fun-A-Day has a lot of activity ideas for side walk chalk and paint use, recipes, etc. that you can access here: Fun-A-Day Chalk Activities