Chalk Games

 If you don't have a big tub of outdoor chalk yet, go get some! There are endless games and activities you can do without having to buy every single plastic toy out there. Here are a few ideas to get you started...

Color/Shape Jumping

This is similar to one of my very first posts. Draw several different colored shapes. Call out the color/shape you want your child to jump on ("Jump on the pink heart!").

Variation: You could also have your child toss bean bags or balls onto the shape you call.

Water Balloon Toss

Draw a big, multi-colored target with chalk. Have your child stand back a few feet and toss water balloons at the target. You can play until you wash the whole target away or until you run out of water balloons. 

Variation: You could use bean bags or balls instead of water balloons for this game as well.

Letter Toss

Draw the letters in your child's name. (If they already know those letters but need to practice other letters, use those instead.) Call out a letter and have your child toss a bean bag or ball on it. Rowin doesn't know the letters in his name yet, so I included the color to help him ("Throw the ball on the blue R").

Variation: You could have your child toss water balloons on the letters like the previous game. You could also have your child jump on the letters like in the first game. 

Hopscotch

Don't forget this old classic! This is actually really good practice in coordination/gross motor skills. I had Rowin try jumping several different ways (one foot, two feet, alternating, etc.).

Variation: If you want to practice number identification, call a number and have your child toss a ball/bean bag/water balloon on the correct number.