An open teal The Play Way box with the Gross Motor Play Kit contents arranged above it: two green Ollie & Jack bats, an LED Pickleball Net Set bag with the net inside, yellow pickleballs, a clear confetti beach ball, a fabric balloon cover, loose balloons and masking tape, a stack of coloured spot markers, bean bags, two calico pouches, the activity cards and two booklets.

Two children stand together on the grass with an arm around each other, holding green pickleball bats and yellow pickleballs.

Two children sit on the grass either side of a long open cardboard box, each holding a green pickleball bat and a yellow ball, with the net bag beside them.

An adult and two children stand at a low net in a garden, all looking up at a clear confetti beach ball in the air above them.

A child reaches up and hits a clear confetti beach ball with a green pickleball bat, with an orange spot marker on the grass below.

A child throws a blue bean bag towards a large yellow tub on the grass while an adult holding a calico pouch leans in beside them and another child watches.

A child walks across coloured spot markers laid out on the grass, balancing a yellow spot marker on their head.

Gross Motor Play Kit

Name: Gross Motor Play Kit
Brand: The Play Way
SKU: MOVEMENT-03
Price: 197.0 AUD
Availability: InStock

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Some kids avoid physical activity not because they don't want to move, but because moving feels hard, uncomfortable or even scary. Support their catching, balance and coordination with eight tools curated so that when one game is too hard, an easier version of it is right there and your child can stay in the game and build their confidence, rather than quit.

Our therapy team curated this play kit for the child who hangs back when the game starts. But you can learn how to adapt games to build their skills and confidence over time so they can be involved and enjoy getting out and being active. If you want to help your child learn to love moving their body by meeting them where they are, at their own pace and on their own terms, this play kit is for you.

The Gross Motor Play Kit is an Australian gross motor skills kit for children who avoid physical activity, who find catching and balancing hard, or who trip and bump into things more than most. It was made by a paediatric occupational therapist and it covers balance, hand-eye coordination, bilateral integration, motor planning and sequencing, and upper body strength and endurance.

Inside the box you will find an Ollie & Jack LED pickleball set with a net, two bats, balls and a rechargeable power bank; a set of bean bags in a drawstring pouch; a set of coloured spot markers; a balloon games set with fabric balloon covers, balloons and masking tape; a SUNNYLiFE inflatable confetti beach ball; a forty card gross motor skills card set grouped by hand-eye coordination, balance, motor planning and upper body strength; a gross motor skills learning snapshot booklet; and a Parent Guide. The pickleball, bean bag, spot marker and balloon sets each come with their own Ways to Play booklet.

Every kit also comes with just under two and a half hours of supporting video in The Play Way Hub, included: every item unpacked on screen, a set spoken to the child, short demonstrations of the games themselves, and sessions on how movement supports the nervous system, attention and concentration. Most families using this kit have a child somewhere between 3 and 12, but the tools were curated for what is getting in the way rather than for a birthday.

From The Play Way, built by an OT who has worked with children for nearly 20 years. Ships Australia wide. Contains small parts and balloons. Uninflated and broken balloons are a choking risk, so keep them away from children and throw broken pieces away at once. The LED set runs off a rechargeable power bank. Some items are recommended for ages 3 and up and adult supervision is needed. If your child has a vision or hearing difficulty, or trouble with balance, those add a layer to this kind of movement work, and it is worth talking to a paediatric physiotherapist or occupational therapist about a plan before you start.

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Gross Motor Play Kit

$197.00

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WHAT'S INSIDE

What's in this play kit

A full kit of play-tools, curated to work together.

LED Pickleball Set

A net, two bats, balls, a power bank to light it up and a Ways to Play booklet. The plastic ball is bigger and slower than a tennis ball, so a rally can get going. The net and the balls glow in the dark, and we love that, because this kind of novelty can get a child outside and playing who would otherwise say no.

Balloon Games Set

Balloons, fabric covers, masking tape and a Ways to Play booklet. The cover stops most pops and softens the bang that puts a lot of children off balloons. Covered, it drifts down slowly enough to get under and hit back, so your child can practise tracking and timing. You can carry a cover and a deflated balloon in your handbag, so there is a game your child can start anywhere.

SUNNYLiFE Inflatable Beach Ball

A big clear ball with confetti in it. This gives you options: every pickleball and balloon game can be played with this instead. Children tend to quit the moment something feels too hard, and this one gives a slower moving target and is simple to catch, so a child who was about to quit, can stay in.

Bean Bag Set

Bean bags in a drawstring pouch, with a Ways to Play booklet. Encourage your child to follow a beanbag with their eyes as it travels over their head and around their body. Training the eyes to go where you want them is what makes catching, and later a lot of schoolwork, easier, and a few minutes a day is enough. These can be used inside or outside.

Spot Marker Set

Coloured spots and a Ways to Play booklet. They work like cones: run to the green one, aim at the red one, hop from one to the next. We love what they do to a backyard. A plain patch of grass becomes an obstacle course, which can be played solo or in a group.

Gross Motor Skills Card Set

Forty cards, colour coded into hand-eye coordination, balance, motor planning and upper body strength, with the game on the back of each one. Spread them out and let your child pick a colour, or set a few up around the yard as stations. Each one has a harder way and an easier way to play it.

Gross Motor Skills Learning Snapshot

A booklet for you (the adult) on how movement develops and why it is worth the investment. It goes through what balance, coordination and motor planning are for, and practical strategies for nurturing these skills.

Parent Guide

A short guide for you (the adult), covering how to string five activities together. None of it is compulsory, because your child opening the box and playing with the tools in the kit is where all the magic sits in this one.

Why we built it this way

Games worth going outside for

Movement is the one skill nobody usually has to arrange. But a child who trips, misses the ball or hates the feeling of a fast heartbeat can start opting out early, and so the practice just stops. This box exists to get that practice going again, with games worth coming outside for.

Both sides of the body

A bean bag travelling over the head and around the body, then in a figure eight out in front. Spot markers set out so a hand and a foot are working at the same time. Both of those cross the middle of the body. Children who skipped crawling most often need that practice given back, and it is what tying a shoelace and reading a line across a page need when they start going to school.

Every game has more games in it

Two minutes in, most children are done and want the next thing. The pickleball, the balloons, the bean bags and the spot markers each come with a Ways to Play booklet, and the booklets are what turns ‘I’ll have one go’ into them saying ‘one more, one more, just one more…pleaaaasseeee…..’

INCLUDED WITH YOUR PLAY KIT

The videos that come with it

Everything in the kit is ready to use from the day it arrives, so your child can be hitting a balloon back over the net before anyone has opened a booklet. When you want the learning behind it, there is over two hours of video, all in short sharp clips. They walk you through what each tool in the kit is for and where to start with it. Some of the videos speak straight to your child, so a game can get going without you in it. Then there are short videos of the games themselves, with children playing them, so your child can watch one and feel confident before trying themselves. The longest videos are for you, the adult. They cover why some children avoid moving in the first place, and which kind of movement suits which part of the day, because the rough-and-tumble that is great on a Saturday morning can leave them wired at bedtime. We'll send your invitation to access it all when your kit ships.

WHO THIS PLAY KIT IS FOR

If getting outside looks like this

They will do anything to get out of running around, and I think it is the puffing they do not like.
Anything with a ball in it is over after one go, because they cannot catch it and they know it.
I want them to be able to join in without being the one who gives up first, so I need to learn how to adapt things to grow their confidence and keep them active.

If any of that sounds like your family, this is who we built the play kit for.

Who made this

Kait is an OT. She has been working with children and families for nearly 20 years, and she has four kids of her own. She built this play kit for a wide range of ages and abilities. Children come to these games from very different starting points, in age and in what their bodies can already do, so the same net and the same bean bags have options for all of them, and nobody feels overwhelmed by something they cannot do. Our therapy team curated the kit around four things: hand-eye coordination, balance, motor planning and upper body strength. They wrote the card set and the Ways to Play booklets, and they filmed the games being played, so you can feel confident that we are showing you how to use it all.

5,000+
Australian children have used our play kits
20 years
of Kait working with children and families

Gross Motor Play Kit