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Gross Motor Storybook: Farm Fun

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Look Inside · 10 pages

Gross Motor Story Book: Farm Fun cover showing a barn, tractor, cow, sheep, chick, hay pile and beehive under farm trees
Show before reading to set up the farm movement story
Farm visit opener: a rhyme about a chicken on the run by the red barn; students run in place for 15 seconds with the chicken
First movement break to get bodies moving
Horse in the barn: a rhyme about opening the barn doors; children pretend to be horses and gallop 10 feet around the barn
Galloping practice; mark out the 10 ft path ahead of time
Muddy pig page: a rhyme about a little pig covered in mud; children log roll 10 feet across the pretend mud with the pig
Needs floor space or mats for rolling
Hay pile page: a rhyme about the farmer raking hay beside the barn; children jump 5 times into a pretend big pile of hay
Jumping turn; count the five jumps aloud together
Tractor page: a rhyme about waving as a slow red tractor passes the fence; children take 5 slow giant steps forward
Slow, controlled steps to calm the pace mid-story
Windmill page: a rhyme about hay in the wind and a turning windmill; children spin around 5 times like windmills
Spinning turn; spread children out first for safe space
Duck pond page: a rhyme about ducklings heading to the pond; children lie on their bellies and swim for 15 seconds
Floor movement; works well on a carpet or mat area
Grazing cow page: a rhyme about cows eating grass across the land; children stand still like cows for 10 seconds
Body-control pause before the story wraps up
Story ending: a goodbye rhyme inviting readers back to the farm, with the farmer, chicken, cow, horse, pig and chick
Closing page to settle the group after the last movement
Attributes
Subject

P.E. & Health, Physical Education

Grades

Preschool, Kindergarten, Grade 1

Types

Activities

File

PDF

Editable
No
Author
Miracles and Moree Therapy LLC
Rating
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About This Product

Gross Motor Storybook: Farm Fun has 8 tasks for students to complete. Each task will be related to the farm such as swim like ducks and jump in hay.

What's Included

1 PDF with 10 ready to print or project pages

Resource Tags

gross motor development farm fun farm story farm animals

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