To reinforce the Marathi numbers and to work on jumping skills, I stuck these squares on the carpet with number 3, 4, and 5 in Marathi and then she had fun jumping in them. I was actually surprised to see her pointing out the numbers even when we walked by the squares afterwards.

Hula hoops

Hula Hoop is  a  great gross motor manipulative. We played so many games with it including ring-around the rosie in 2 variations , one simple round turns and the other with compound arm movts. The second one was a little hard for jr S but she liked it. Then we sang the Looby-Loo song and jumped in and out of the hoop. We used different activitites to initiate and conclude the session. I t was fun!

Jumping fun

Jr S is not so keen on gross motor activities, So we created this jumping fun activity by having her jump in the squares and triangles ( also circles but it is not pictured) She still just goes on her tip toes and sort of bounces , no real jumps yet . But as a fellow mommy told me, enjoy while she cannot jump because after that there is not stopping.

Bubble fun

So who does not love bubbles.... and Jr S is no exception, she loves running around chasing little bubbles all around. We love to modify this activity (similar to the one done in Gym classes for toddlers) by having her pop bubbles with her head, then hands and then stomp with her feet. She loves it every single time. Today I had her blow a few bubbles too and she did a fantastic job. She had tried this before with poor results and today she was sooooo thrilled.