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Gross motor skills
Giant Animal Dice
A big homemade die with an animal picture on each side. Take turns rolling it, then cross the room moving like the animal: hop like a frog, slither like a snake, stand tall like a flamingo. Join in and really ham it up!
- Age
- 3 to 4 years
- Duration
- 15-20 min
- Materials
- Printable: die template + animal pictures
- Supervision
- Semi-supervisé
The activity sheet plus anything to print. Free, with an account.
Step by step
- Print the die template, fold and glue it together, and stick an animal picture on each face.
- Take turns rolling the die into the center of the room.
- Call out the animal you roll (“Frog!”).
- Move across the room like that animal, your own way—play along and be silly!
- Add different speeds (slow snail, fast cheetah) or link two animals together.
- Let your child invent and draw new animals for the next die.
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