For kids just learning their alphabet, call out letters to hop from one to another. You can find some great ideas here! Education Sidewalk ChalkДЄlphabet Hop: Use chalk to make 26 squares or circles fairly close to one another and write the letters of the alphabet in each. A straight line for a balance beam and have them hop on one foot to cross it, spiral shapes to spin on, squiggly lines to follow, boxes to jump over. Obstacle Course: Draw different obstacles for your kids to complete an obstacle course. Pretend that everything else is lava and they have to hop from one stone to the next without falling in the вЂhot lavaвЂ™!

Hot Lava: Draw stepping stones in line patterns or at random at varying distances. You can also call out вЂFruit Basket Mix UpвЂ™ and everyone has to switch seats. The person in the middle tries to get a seat, and whoever is left without a seat is in the middle that round. One person starts in the middle and calls out вЂCherries!вЂ™ Anyone who is a cherry has to switch вЂseatsвЂ™ with another cherry. ItвЂ™s best to just have 3 or 4 different fruits depending on how many people are playing.

Play the traditional rules of Twister and have one person call out a color and shape and which hand or foot should go where.ДЇruit Basket Mix-Up: Draw squares in a circle pattern, making sure to draw 1 less square than the number of kids playing. Twister: Create your own twister board with chalk with at least four colors and four shapes. Add a points so see who gets the most points. Write point values on each circle (the bullseye is worth the most) and then have the kids throw an item ( a sponge works great) to see who can get closest to the bullseye. Target Practice: Draw circles with different colors with a bullseye in the middle. The kids have to jump from beach to beach to avoid the sharks. Then draw shark fins in the water at random. Use blue chalk to color water in between the beaches. If there are, close it off with a line.ДЄvoid the Shark: Have your kids draw beaches with different colors of chalk at varying distances apart. Make sure there are no other ways through the maze other than the main exit.Finish drawing lines and/or erase more openings to make the maze more complicated.Now start drawing lines to close off paths other than the way through.Figure out where you want the only way through the maze to be.

Fill the shapes in the middle with more squares or rectangles with openings in them until you have filled all the space.Now draw 3-4 rectangles or squares in different directions in the middle section and leave a few openings in those shapes.Keep drawing squares inside of squares with openings in them until you have a smaller space in the middle.Draw another square inside the first square.Leave two openings on the opposite sides of the square for an entrance and an exit. Sidewalk Chalk Maze: This is a fun way to get your kids to problem solve.

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