Gross Motor

Here's all the advice I have about improving the gross motor skills of preschoolers:

BALLS.

Throw them;

catch them; 

roll them; 

bounce them; 

dribble them; 

kick them; 

toss them into boxes and baskets; 

throw them high; 

throw them to friends

...you get the idea.

We have an array of balls, big and small, squishy and hard, bumpy and smooth. 

Zelda loves to play "bally-ball," otherwise known as "catch." She tosses bean bags into holes. She "plays baseball" with her (thankfully soft-ish) bat and ball. She also goes to gymnastics and ballet classes (and who knows what else we will try this year), but the best bang for your buck, when it comes to promoting gross motor skills in babies and toddlers is still

BALLS.