Gross Motor Flower Number Line

This months Kindergarten Blog Hop theme is flowers. We opted to combine gross motor skills and numeracy when exploring the unit on flowers. With a few easy steps we created a Gross Motor Flower Number Line activity.

Setting up the Flower number line couldn’t have been easier thanks to Twinkl. I printed numbers 1-20 from their numbered flowers and cut them out. An older child could attempt cutting out the flowers to practise their fine motor skills. With hindsight I should have laminated the flowers at this stage. This would have ensured the flowers lasted longer. However, Adam had seen me cut out the flowers and was desperate to play with them.

We took our numbered flowers outside and laid them on the grass in a random order. I called out a number to Adam and he had to locate the correct number on the flower and jump on it.

We played several versions of the game. These included:

Placing the numbers in the correct order to form a number line and jump along it
Using different gross motor skills to get between numbers including hopping, skipping and jumping
Counting backwards from 20 to 1
Jumping on odd numbers and then even numbers
Jumping in fives

Adam enjoyed the combination of physical activity and playing with numbers. He is an energetic hands on learner so the activity suited him.

Unfortunately it had rained for most of the day and the grass was still damp. This meant when Adam jumped on the flowers they became wet and started to rip.

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