Now for gross motor activities, I would make a routine of exercise every day with your little one. The key to the gross motor is to exaggerate all of the movements. Think of yourself on a stage; the people in the very back need to see you as clearly as those in the front.

 

• Head shoulder, knees, and toes

• Simon  says

• Wheels on the bus 

• If you're happy and you know it

• The hoke poke

• Red light, green light

• Freeze dance is when the music is playing. You are dancing, then pause the music and freeze.

• When you walk around the house, you can walk like an animal, such as a penguin, roar like a lion and swim like a fish, hop like a bunny, walk like an elephant and move your arms like a trunk; etc...

• Build a fort with pillows and blankets or boxes if you have them

• Create an obstacle course for them through your home on your get-together. Show them how to do the obstacle course they will follow you.
  These are all beautiful ways to bond with your child but also get everyone's energy moving so they are tired at nap time.

• Reading just before nap time also gives them the cue that it is time to claim down.

• Do some deep breathing with them just before reading the book too.
   

Fine Motor

• Coloring

• Finger painting

• Playdough

• Building blocks

• Sorting shapes, colors, and any kind of objects

• Music, i.e., instruments of any kind. You can turn a Tupperware container into a drum.

• Make a shaker with water bottles and beans or rice.

• Gardening children love to play in the dirt.

• Kinetic sand that is spillproof. You can use it at target.

• Water coloring

• Stacking of objects and matching images or objects for older ones

• Have them help with folding things like wash clothes or rolling up socks

• Puzzles

Sensory

• Shaving cream

• Walking on bubble wrap

• Explaining different textures sucks as the table is smooth, the rock is rough to have them feel it, and if they can repeat it after you.

• Have them help you clean up. They love to wipe things down or sweep and dust.

• When cooking, give them a small bowl of something to stir, such as oats, flowers, and water.

• Gak cornstarch and water it in a bowl or bucket

• https://mamainstincts.com/baby-safe-sensory-play-activities/

• When you go on your walks or if you have a yard gather the leaves together and let them play in it. Talk to them while doing that say wet, dry, or the color green or yellow.

• Name the different types of plants you have and if they are edible.   

• Bubbles are an excellent way to have fun. They see the bubbles, pop them, and feel the difference between soupy and dry.

• Pasta cooked or dry is another excellent way to do sorting if you put food coloring in the past, they can sort it by color too. That is always fun to see what colors they will eat. Lol

• Have them crumple up your scrap paper and throw it in the trash or a bucket. That way, you can reuse the activity over and over again.