Gross Motor Skills Activity: Safari Theme
Safari animals lead a PowerPoint gross motor activity where young students run like a cheetah, stomp like an elephant, stand tall like a giraffe, jump like a monkey and swim like an alligator.

- Grades
- Preschool–2, Elementary
- File type
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Use
- Digital activity
- Subject
- P.E. & Health, Physical Education
- Topic
- gross motor activity, safari activity
- Resource types
- Activities
- Use
- Digital activity
About this resource
What's inside this resource
Students will pretend to be safari animals with this resource! This PowerPoint is interactive with sound and movement on each slide. Students will enjoy viewing the slides and performing the gross motor tasks.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Perform a named movement, such as running, stomping or jumping, on a visual cue
Skills covered
- Gross motor movement — running, stomping and jumping like each animal
- Posture — stretching up tall like a giraffe
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Gross motor skills
- Safari animals
- Animal movements
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