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My very favorite large muscle activities have been reserved for my "GROSS MOTOR" booklet (see the "Stormie's Stuff for Teachers" section of my website).

GROSS MOTOR FOCUS: Kicking Share your ideas too. E-mail me at stormie@preschoolbystormie.com
Lecture Notes and Random Activities:
*Kicking a ball above the middle may result in a fall. It should be kicked between the bottom and middle.
*Stress keeping eyes on the ball when kicking it rather than on the target where it is to be kicked.
Try this for fun:
*Have children free-kick to music.
*Kick a ball with the outside of your foot.
*Have children kick into the air with their eyes closed.
*Which can you kick the farthest, a yarn ball or a rubber ball? Can you hold a ball with both hands and kick it out of your hands?
*Kick a ball 7 times (or whatever your number focus is for the day, week, or month).

* Here's an absolutely terrific idea from Darlene Kline who does this with her older toddlers:
Soda Ring Basket: Hello, I've gotten some good ideas from your website so I thought I'd return the favor :
I tie four 6-pack soda rings together creating a large rectangle. Then I tie string to the 4 corners as handles. I place a ball into the basket formed by the soda rings. My assistant and I then hold the basket by the string-handles so that it is just off the floor. The children have to kick the ball out of the basket by kicking from under it. You can raise the ball as the children get better at kicking, or are older. This can be taken outside as well.
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