Warm Up Throw & Go

Equipment Required

Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.

Overview

In this activity children will practice manipulative skills – throwing and kicking.

How to Play

The children should line up side by side. Each child should have a ball. When you give the signal, the children should, all at the same time, throw the balls as far forward as they possibly can. The children wait for a signal and then skip to find any ball. Each time, have the children throw the ball in a different way, for example;

  • Left hand
  • Right hand
  • Under arm
  • Over arm
  • Bucket throw
  • Under the leg
  • Behind head
  • Kick
  • Bounce off knee
  • Bounce
  • Roll

Activity 1 Popcorn

Equipment Required

Purpose

The purpose of this lesson is for children to be active. Preschool children should accumulate at least 60 minutes of structured physical activity and 60 minutes of unstructured physical activity every day.

Overview

In this activity children will play cooperatively together using a parachute.

How to play

Review Parachute rules with children before you begin:

When the parachute is out, everyone must listen to the teacher.

  • No pulling on the parachute.
  • No screaming or yelling loudly.
  • Be gentle with the parachute as it might tear.

Begin with everyone evenly spread around the parachute, holding on to its edge. Spread out until the parachute is taut.

Split into 2 groups by having every other child let go of the parachute and take two steps back.

Throw 5–10 foam cubes, balls or beanbags on to the parachute.

The object of the game is for the team holding on to the parachute to toss the foam cubes off the top of the parachute. For the children standing back from the parachute, it is their aim to throw back all of the foam cubes that were tossed off the parachute. Essentially, one team tries to keep the foam cubes on the parachute, while the other team tries to toss them off.

Have the children switch positions and repeat the game.

Activity 2 Bowling

How to play

Divide class into groups of 3-4 children per group.

Set up bowling pins using cereal boxes, empty juice bottles or milk jugs.

Instruct the first child in each group to roll the ball along the ground and knock down the bowling pins.

The child then sets up the pins and retrieves the ball for the next child in the group to try.

Tips: If children spend too much time waiting for their turn, put children into pairs and have them alternate turns of being the “roller” and the “stacker.” Some children may enjoy stacking the pins more than rolling the ball, as they try to make it difficult for the bowler to knock all the pins down. Increase the number of pins to knock down as skill level progresses.

Cool-Down/Wrap-Up Let's Talk

How to play

Talk to children about bowling. Ask children whether they have ever been bowling with their parents. Ask children about other activities/ games they like to do with their parents (e.g., basketball, tennis, bike riding, etc).

Enrichment

Read Eyes, Nose, Fingers and Toes, by Judy Hindley, and invite children to act out the action words in the book.

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.

Weekly Log

Attention Teachers!

Following this activity, please fill out the teacher’s weekly log form for this lesson.