# How can I work on Targeted Gross Motor with my child at home?

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Build your child's gross motor skills at home with short, playful, repeated games — animal walks, balancing on cushions, crawling through tunnels, jumping, and throwing or kicking a soft ball. Keep it fun, follow your child's lead, and check in with a physiotherapist if movement seems much harder than for other children their age.

*Big, joyful movement isn't just play — it's how your child builds the strong, coordinated body that carries them into running, climbing and confidence.*

## In short
Targeted gross motor work at home means giving your child fun, repeatable chances to use the large muscles of the body — legs, arms, trunk and core — through climbing, jumping, balancing, throwing and crawling games. Keep sessions short, playful and frequent, follow your child's lead, and celebrate effort over perfection. A few minutes woven into daily play, several times a day, builds more strength and coordination than one long session.

## Activities you can try at home
**Build strength and balance**
- **Animal walks** — bear walks, crab walks, frog jumps and bunny hops across the room build core and shoulder strength.
- **Pillow paths** — lay cushions on the floor and let your child walk, wobble and balance across them.
- **Balloon keep-it-up** — tapping a balloon to keep it off the floor builds reaching, timing and whole-body coordination.

**Climb, jump and crawl**
- **Tunnel crawling** — under chairs, through a cardboard box, or under a sheet draped over furniture.
- **Step and jump** — stepping up onto a low, stable surface and jumping down with two feet (with you close by).
- **Stair games** — supervised up-and-down crawling or climbing strengthens legs and planning.

**Throw, kick and catch**
- **Rolling and throwing** a soft ball into a basket or towards you builds aim and arm strength.
- **Kicking** a light ball towards a goal made of two slippers.

Keep it short — five to ten playful minutes, repeated through the day — and match the challenge to your child so they feel proud, not frustrated. Use simple, encouraging words and let them set the pace.

## When to check in
If your child seems much more wobbly, slower to crawl, stand or walk, tires very quickly, or avoids movement compared with other children their age, it's worth a gentle developmental check. This is about understanding how to help — not about worry. A [physiotherapy](/physiotherapy) review can shape activities to exactly what your child needs next.

## The Pinnacle way
At Pinnacle Blooms Network, [targeted gross motor](/targeted-gross-motor) work is tailored to each child's strengths and next steps. Developmental measurement supports care planning; diagnosis requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional. under qualified clinician care — the [AbilityScore®](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated) is a clinician-administered structured assessment that helps us pitch each activity at just the right level. Backed by 25 million+ therapy sessions and 700+ therapists across 70+ centres, we partner with families to make home practice work.

## Trusted sources
Guided by child-development milestone resources from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics' healthychildren.org, and motor-development guidance from the WHO Nurturing Care Framework.

**Next step —** book a developmental assessment to get a home gross-motor plan made for your child. Reach our team on WhatsApp: +91 91001 81181.

This is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.

## Sources
- CDC developmental milestones: https://www.cdc.gov/child-development
- AAP healthychildren.org: https://www.healthychildren.org
- WHO Nurturing Care Framework: https://nurturing-care.org

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