BASKET THE BALL

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Basket
2. 5 balls
3. A small START written on paper to be kept a distance from the basket

PROCEDURE
1. Place the start sign on the floor and the basket at a distance depending on the age of the child
2. Try to throw the 5 balls one by one into the basket.
3. If they fall elsewhere recover them and try again till all 5 have been basketted.


AIM
1. Gross motor movement
2. Eye tracking
3. Aim building
4. Focus

AGE
5 - 15yrs

MILKPOT TRANSFER

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. A tray
2. A milkpot
3. A mop
4. A small glass/cup

PROCEDURE
Make a line of control in the glass/cup.
Fill the milkpot with water.
Transfer the water from the milkpot into the glass, keeping in mind that the pointer finger has to hold the lid of the milkpot.
In case of any spillage clean with a mop.

AIM
1. Life skill
2. Hand eye co-ordination
3. Fine motor movements

AGE
6 - 15yrs

LACE THE PASTA

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Penne pasta uncooked
2. A rectangular cardboard piece about A4 size
3. A lace
Paste the pasta one below the other horizontally in the middle of the cardboard.

PROCEDURE
Lace the pasta using the lace starting from the top and alternating the sides. Make sure to hold the pasta down with one finger while lacing.

AIM
1. Hand eye co-ordination
2. Fine motor movements
3. Lifeskill
4. Focus

AGE
6 - 13yrs

CUP AND BALL ACTIVITY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. 6 small paper cups
2. A cardboard cut in a round shape approximately 16 inches diameter
3. A table tennis ball
4. A marker
Take a cardboard and cut out the circle.
Paste the 6 cup on the edges with the open mouth facing inside.
Number them 1-6

PROCEDURE
Place the table tennis ball on the cntre of the cardboard.
Rotate the cardboard so that it goes ino cup1 and then cup 2 and onwards until cup 6.

AIM
1. Hand eye co-ordination
2. Concentration
3. Gross motor movement
4. Balance

AGE
5 - 99yrs

TRACING ACTIVITY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. A SHEET OF PAPER
2. TRAY
3. PENCIL
4. STENCIL

PROCEDURE
Place the stencil on the paper
Hold it down with one hand and trace with a pencil with the other hand without lifting the pencil before completing a shape.

AIM
1. Hand eye co-ordination
2. Concentration
3. Fine motor movement
4. Preparation for writing

AGE
3 - 12yrs (depending on the stencil)

SPOON TRANSFER ACTIVITY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Tray
2. 2 small bowls
3. A spoon
4. Rajma or any lentil

PROCEDURE
Mark one bowl with a line of control.
Fill the other bowl with rajma/lentil
Transfer using a spoon from one bowl to the other upto the line of control.

AIM
1. Hand eye co-ordinaion
2. Pincer grip
3. Fine motor movement

AGE
3 - 8yrs

POURING AVTIVITY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. 2 glasses
2. A tray
3. A mop cloth
4. water

PROCEDURE
1. Mark the line of control on one glass.
2. Pour water in the other glass
3. Transfer water from one glass to another upto the line of control.
4. Check for spillage- clean with mop cloth if any.

AIM
1. Hand eye co-ordination
2. Fine motor movement
3. concentration

AGE
3 - 8yrs

SYRINGE ACTIVITY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Syringe
2. 2 small bowls
3. Mop cloth
4. Tray
5. water

PROCEDURE
Mark one bowl with a line of control sould be a little below the edge.
Pour water in the other bowl.Use the syringe to draw water and use your index, middle fingers and thumb to put out the water from the syringe.

AIM
1. Strengthen the pincer grip
2. Hand eye co-ordination

AGE
4 - 10yrs

NUMBER SEARCH EXTENSION

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Printable sheet
2. two pen/ pencil

PROCEDURE
1. On top of the sheet there will be four different coloured circles with the numbers 1-4 written in them
2. The child will have to match the number with the colour of the ring it is in and fill all the rings of that colour with that number.
This activity will be done on both sides of the sheet simultaneously

AIM
1. Bilateral activity
2. Improves concentration

AGE
5 - 10yrs

NUMBER SEARCH

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Printable sheet
2. A pen/ pencil

PROCEDURE
1. On top of the sheet there will be four different coloured circles with the numbers 1-4 written in them
2. The child will have to match the number with the colour of the ring it is in and fill all the rings of that colour with that number.

AIM
1. Improves concentration

AGE
4 - 6yrs

MATCH THE STICK

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. An eggshell tray with colours marked on it
2. Ice cream sticks with dots of three colours marked on each stick

PROCEDURE
1. Make the children match the pattern of dots on the ice cream stick with the pattern of dots on the eggshell tray.

AIM
1. Improves concentration
2. Fine motor movements

AGE
5 - 8yrs

BASKET THE BALL

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. A bucket
2. 5 balls
3. A start sign/tape

PROCEDURE
1. Place the bucket on the floor
2. Place the start sign/piece of tape at some distance from the bucket
3. Make the children stand at the start sign and throw the balls into the bucket until all the balls are inside the bucket
Extension: increase the distance between the bucket and the start sign

AIM
1. Hand eye coordination
2. Gross motor movement

AGE
3 - 11yrs

TEAR AND STICK

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Coloured sheets
2. fevicol/glue stick
3. A print out of a flower/animal etc.

PROCEDURE
1. Tear the coloured paper into small pieces using your hands
2. Stick the small pieces of paper onto the print out.

AIM
1. Fine motor movements
2. Improves concentration

AGE
4 - 7yrs

PASS THE BALL

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. One ball

PROCEDURE
1. The children will stand in a circle
2. They will pass the ball to the next person then break the circle and start running.
3. They must join the circle back before the ball comes to them

AIM
1. Gross motor movements
2. Hand eye co-ordination

AGE
3yrs - adult

SORTING GAME

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Different coloured and sized items such as rajma and Channa and desi chana mixed in one container
2. Plates to put the sorted items into

PROCEDURE
1. The children will be divided into teams of 5 children
2. Each team will be given a mix of rajma, desi chana and chana pre mixed to sort into three different containers.
3. The teams who sorts it out first will be applauded

AIM
1. Fine motor movements
2. Team building

AGE
5 yrs to adult

OBSTACLE COURSE

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Cup
2. 3 buckets
3. 3 small obstacles to jump over
4. Table tennis balls

PROCEDURE
1. Each child will be given 4 balls
2. First the children have to bounce a ball and make it land in a bucket.
3. Then the children have to walk a little further and make the ball land in the second bucket and repeat this with the third bucket
4. The children will then have to jump over 3 obstacles,
5. They will finally have to bounce the ball and make the ball land in a small cup

AIM
1. Gross motor movement
2. Eye hand coordination
3. Balance

AGE
7-15 years

RANGOLI MAKING

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Paints, brushes, pencils
2. Cardboard
3. Scissor, compass, Fevicol
4. Sequence, mirrors

PROCEDURE
1. On a big piece of cardboard draw circles, make flower designs in the circles then cut them out.
2. Paint the designs in any with any you want
3. Stick sequence/mirror or the cutout after painting
AIM
1. Improve fine motor movements
2. Builds creativity
3. Hand eye coordination

AGE
7-adult

MIND BOOSTER

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Printable sheet

PROCEDURE
1. The children have to see the number written on the circle and put their hand on the hand with the corresponding number.
2. They must ensure that they do not put their hand on a hand with the same colour as the circle

AIM
1. Encourage bi-lateral activities.
2. Improve concentration

STAMP IT!

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Small towels or old t-shirts

PROCEDURE
1. The children are divided into pairs of two.
2. One child sits on the floor and moves the towel fast on the floor.
3. The other child tries to stamp the towel as it is being moved.
4. If the child stamps it 3 times the children swap roles.

AIM
1. Gross motor movements
2. Hand eye co-ordination
3. Improves balance

AGE
3 years to adult

LIMBO AGAINST THE WALL

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. One big stick

PROCEDURE
1. A person must hold a stick against the wall.
2. The children will run , jump, crawl, walk, slide.. under the stick.
3. The person has to keep changing the height of the stick from high to low and vice-versa

AIM
1.Gross motor movements

AGE
3yrs - adult

POP IT!

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Bubble sticks

PROCEDURE
1. Children have to burst bubbles with only their pointer finger extended

AIM
1. fine motor movement
2. help them get ready for writing

AGE
3yrs - 11yrs

PYRAMID MAKING GAMES

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. 15 paper glasses for every 6 children
Note: Keep a few extra

PROCEDURE
1. The children will stand in queues
2. The first person makes the pyramid with 15 glasses
3. The second person breaks the pyramid by collecting all the glasses
4. The third repeats the process as so onwards till every child has once broken and once made the pyramid

AIM
1. Fun activity to introduce the concept of pyramid and how it is made
2. Fine and gross motor co-ordination

AGE
9 years-15 years

HOKEY POKEY SONG

MATERIALS REQUIRED
No materials are required for this activity

PROCEDURE
Make a circle and the instructor stands within singing and doing the actions and the children mimic the actions and eventually sing along.
(Can show L from left hand by facing palm towards the outside and extending out the thumb with other fingers together for easy identification of left side)

Put your left hand out
Put your right hand out
Put your left hand out and shake it all about
Do the boogie woogie and turn yourself around
That's what it's all about
Do the boogie woogie
Do the boogie woogie

AIM
1. To teach concepts of left and right
2. To get full body movement

AGE
5-11

DRIVER AND ENGINE - CAR GAME

MATERIALS REQUIRED
No materials are required for this activity

PROCEDURE
1. Children make lines on opposite sides of the room
2. 2 children stand one behind the other facing the children on the opposite end
3. The child in front is the engine and the child behind is the driver. The child who is the driver places his hands on the shoulder of the engine to drive the engine.
4. The diver can give instructions and the engine must follow it.
5. Cars will be moving from both sides of the room. The goal is to cross the room without banging into the other car.
6. The driver can give commands such as Left, Right, Go, Stop to steer the engine

AIM
1. Vocabulary development
2. Gross motor movements enhanced
3. Communication skills developed
4. Co-ordination skills encouraged

AGE
8-14

SCISSOR CUTTING ACTIVITY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
Strips of paper with patterns on them - straight lines, curvy lines, zig zag lines. Patterns can keep getting more complicated depending on the accuracy of the children while cutting.
scissors

PROCEDURE
1. Stick one end of the paper to the floor in front of the child if the child is small
2. Be careful to supervise this activity closely. Instruct the children to be careful with their fingers

AIM
1. Eye hand co-ordination
2. Fine motor movement
3. Learning to use scissors correctly
4. Bilateral movements
5. Midline crossing
6. vission

AGE
5-11

BANANA APPLE ORANGE

MATERIALS REQUIRED
No materials are required

PROCEDURE
1. Stand in a circle
2. Jump 1 step forward when we say banana
3. Jump 1 step back when we say apple
4. Turn around when we say orange

AIM
1. Hand eye coordination
2. Mental alertness

AGE
8 years to Adult

PAPER PLANES

MATERIALS REQUIRED
Sheets of paper

PROCEDURE
1. Make paper planes step by step and show them the folds
2. Fly the planes around the room making sounds of planes flying

AIM
1. Fine motor movements
2. How to follow visual and auditory instructions

AGE
6years-14 years

SPONGE PAINTING

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Paints
2. Palettes/steel plates
3. Brushes
4. Water cups
5. A sheet with a butterfly outline printed

PROCEDURE
1. The children will be split into groups in order to share resources
2. Each group will get different colours of paint, sponges and sheets with a butterfly outline for them to colour
3. The children will dip their sponges in the paint and dab it on their sheets.

AIM
1. To encourage creativity
2. eye hand co-ordination

AGE
5years-13 years

BRAIN GYM I

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Sheets of paper with printed activity
2. pencils/ 2 sketch pens in different colours
3. Colouring pencils

PROCEDURE
1. Use your left and right hand simultaneously to complete the task prescribed. Join the dots as shown in the pattern on top.

AIM
1. Develop fine motor movements
2. bilateral movements
3. increase concentration
4. midline crossing
5. vision

AGE
7 years - adult

BRAIN GYM II

MATERIALS REQUIRED
A printed sheet of paper with multiple dots in 3 colours randomly scattered and a large circle, an oblong and a hand printed to represent one of the 3 colours.

PROCEDURE
Put your finger on the first dot and do the action related to the corresponding colour, for example if it is a green dot and the hand is green then you have to put your left finger on the green dot and your right hand on the green hand. If it is an orange dot next then your left finger moves to the orange dot and the right hand make a fist on the orange circle. Similarly for a yellow dot you place your hand sideways to fit the oblong print. So on and so forth every colour dot requires a corresponding action.

AIM
1. Encourage bi-lateral activities.
2. Improve concentration

AGE
5 years - adult

BRAIN GYM III

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MATERIALS REQUIRED
A printed sheet of paper with predefined activity.

PROCEDURE
Connect the dots with both hands following the colour pattern given on the top.

AIM
1.Develop both left and right sides of the brain.
2.Bi-lateral hand movements
3.Builds focus and concentration.

AGE
5 years - adult

MAZE

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Pre printed mazes on sheets of paper
2. Sketch pens/pencils/pens

PROCEDURE
1. Start at the starting point and try to find your way out of the maze to achieve the end. Trace with your finger first and then with a pen/pencil/sketch pen.

AIM
1. Eye-hand co-ordination
2. Pincer grip

AGE
7 years - adult

IMITATION ACTIVITY (extension to yoga pose game)

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. 8-10 poses on different sheets
2. Velcro numbers in large sizes to go with the sheets
3. A large size dice- can be made with a cardboard box with numbers

PROCEDURE
1. Roll the dice- children have to find the number associated with the image and then try to do the same pose

AIM
1. Gross motor movements
2. Identify numbers and associations

AGE
5 years - adult

BALLOON PLAY

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Blown balloons a little less than full size for even number distribution plus a few extra

PROCEDURE
1. Keep a balloon between two people back-to-back and they have to move around the room without dropping it

AIM
1. Gross motor movements
2. Co-ordination between peers

AGE
7 years - adult

BEADING WITH FRUIT LOOPS (EDIBLE)

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Bowls
2. Fruit Loops
3. Incense Sticks
4. Play Dough

PROCEDURE
1. Take an agarbatti and poke it into play dough to keep it upright
2. The children have to bead the fruit loops onto the incense stick

Extension:
1. Sort out the fruit loops by colour and bead in a given pattern

AIM
1. Fine motor movement
2. Colour sorting
3. Patience
4. Resisting from putting items into mouth

AGE
3 years to 11 years

CARDBOARD BALL GAME

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Five balls
2. Five cardboard folded

PROCEDURE
1. The children will be split up into teams of five
2. Each team will be given one ball and 5 cardboard pieces
3. The aim of the game is to make the ball travel from one cardboard to another without letting it fall
4. The team who can stay the longest wins

AIM
1. Coordination between peers
2. Gross motor movement

AGE
7 years to adult

YOGA POSE GAME

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Sheets with different yoga poses printed on them
2. tape

PROCEDURE
1. Stick different yoga poses to different parts of the wall
2. Make the children run around in a circle and then say stop
3. When stop is said the children have to do the yoga pose closest to them

AIM
1. Gross motor movement

AGE
7 years to adult

EAR BUD PAINTING

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Ear buds
2. Different colours of paint

AIM
1. Colour Recognition
2. Hand eye coordination
3. Improves concentration

AGE
5 years to adult (varying levels of difficulty)

RING LOOP GAME

MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Paper ring loops of 5 different colours.
2. 5 straws which are bent

PROCEDURE
1. The children should be divided into 5 teams. Each team will have their own cardboard pole and straws
2. The paper ring loops will be kept scattered on the table/floor
3. Assign a colour to each team
4. With the help of the straws the children have to pick up ring loops of their respective colours
5. The first team to pick up all their ring loops wins!

AIM
1. Fine motor movements

AGE
8 years to adult

HEAD SHOULDERS KNEES AND TOES

MATERIALS REQUIRED
No materials are required for this activity

PROCEDURE
1. The children will touch their body parts with the help of the song Head shoulders knees and toes knees and toes.
2. We will repeat this song 2-3 times with the children
3. Lastly, we will say a particular body part such as head to see if the children can recognize their body parts

AIM
1. Vocabulary building
2. Gross motor movements

AGE
6 years to adult

BRIDGE GAME

MATERIALS REQUIRED
No materials are required for this activity

PROCEDURE
1. The children will stand in a line
2. The first child will create a bridge and the next one will crawl under this bridge and then form the next bridge
3. Following this the third child will crawl under the first two bridges and form the next bridge and so on

AIM
1. Gross motor movements 2. Vocabulary building by learning the word bridge

AGE
7 years- 16 years