Ocean Themed Gross Motor Dice

I think the ocean has always been a favorite for us. We have always been learning about or doing something with it for years.

Last year we had fun with a crab-themed gross motor dice. And I thought it was time to have a full ocean gross motor dice.

This free ocean gross motor dice is a great way to get kids moving.

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This is a great addition to the ocean printables and gross motor printables on the site.

I love the gross motor dice because it is a simple way for kids to do gross motor and have fun. I have made a lot of themes for these now. It allows for mixing them all together!

The set has 6 elements from the ocean: anchor, jellyfish, crab, dolphin, clam, and turtle. Ocean animals that work well with loads of ocean stories.

There are two sites of dice in the printables. We use the cube dice because they allow us to throw the dice around and they don’t hurt much when they fall or hit something. Plus the cards last a lot longer in the dice.

The Ocean Gross Motor Movements

There are six movements on the dice. And I always make sure to review what the movements are before we use the dice. Some movements they may already know like crab walking. Others we might have to decide just how to do them.

I like to join them doing the movements for the review and a lot of times during the dice rolling as well. It gets me moving and active.

Anchor: You sink like an anchor. You slowly sink your body to the ground. We also did a jump and sink to the floor.

Jellyfish: You save your arms like a jellyfish. You make your arms really loose and wave them around.

Crab: You walk like a crab. You walk on your hands and feet with your hands behind you.

Turtle: You swim like a turtle. You lay on the floor and move your legs and arms in the same direction.

Dolphin: You jump like a dolphin out of the water. You can do a one leg jump or two leg jump moving forward.

Clam: You hold your arms out and open and close them like a clamshell.

After you are sure of the movements you can change up the dice a bit. You can add speed & directions and how many times they do the movement. You can get the number dice here.

If you don’t want to mess with the dice you can just have them go through the cards. It is fun to use the cube dice. My girls love throwing them in the air.

What you will find in the Ocean Themed Gross Motor Dice printable

• 6 movements: crab, turtle, jellyfish, anchor, clam, dolphin
• Dice for different speeds: slow, fast, normal
• Two types: cube dice or make your own die

Click here to go get your copy of the Free Ocean Themed Gross Motor Dice.

What you will find in the Ocean Gross Motor Set

This is a full set with gross motor dice, gross motor chart, rolling games, and gross motor task cards. Loads of fun ways to explore the ocean themed movements that can work for many different settings.

What is in the Ocean Gross Motor Set

• Gross motor movement dice with folding and two cube dice options
• Speed dice with folding and two cube dice options
• Number dice with 1 to 12 options with folding and two cube dice options
• Ocean Gross Motor Movement Chart
• Ocean Gross Motor Spinning Mat
• Ocean Gross Motor Movement Task Cards with 6 cards total
• Rolling Ocean Gross Motor – Single Movement
• Rolling Ocean Gross Motor – Two movements to match each die roll
• 22 pages
• Price: $3.00

Check out these other fun summer themed gross motor activities

• Crab Walking Gross Motor Dice
• Animal Walking Themed Gross Motor Dice
• Beach Themed Gross Motor Dice

Check out all the fun Ocean & Beach Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com