Daily routine cards: outdoor movement

Children love to move, especially outdoors. There are so many fun things to discover outside. And not to forget: playing outdoors is crucial for their health and development.
With the activities on this page, you can get started outdoors right away, even when the weather is not so nice. Put on boots and raincoats and off you go!

Spring movement games

  • Jumping lambs. Make low hurdles that children can jump over. The children are lambs in the meadow and jump over the fences.
  • Help the Easter Bunny. Place a basket on its side and put balloons in various places. The Easter Bunny has lost his eggs. Have the children bring the balloons back to the basket. Make it more difficult by having them do this with fly swatters or rolled-up newspapers.
  • Birds in a nest. Hang containers spread throughout the outdoor area. These are the nests. Draw winding lines from a central point to the containers. Have the children pick up an Easter chick and take it to a nest along the winding line.
  • Hula hoop course. Hang up hula hoops that the children can step through. Create a route this way. Is there a tree? Hang a hula hoop from a branch with a rope. You can also place the hula hoops on the ground. The children then have to pick up the hula hoop themselves and step through it.
  • Scavenger hunt. Take photos of things in the playground. Print them and make a bingo card. Can the children find everything on the bingo card outdoors?
  • Egg-and-spoon race. Create a course with a pan containing ping-pong balls at one end and an egg carton at the other. Have the children carry the eggs to the egg carton with a spoon.

Summer movement games

  • Transferring balls. Take two containers of water and place them a short distance apart. Put colored plastic balls in one container and place a large spoon next to it. Have the children scoop up the balls with the spoon and transfer them from one container to the other.
  • Barefoot path. Make a barefoot path outdoors using natural materials such as grass, soil, sand, pebbles, branches, moss, stones or flower petals. Finish with a container of water.
  • Bowling. Set out plastic bottles filled with water. Have the children throw or roll a ball. Can they knock the bottles over or roll them down?
  • Slide. Make a water slide from a piece of tarpaulin. Cover it with water and soap, and slide away.
  • Darts. Draw a dartboard with chalk. Have the children throw a wet sponge at the dartboard. Who can hit the bullseye?
  • Water painting. Give the children a container of water and brushes or paint rollers. Have them make a drawing or paint the tiles with water.