by Neetu | Jun 2, 2021 | Manthan
Learning Outcome
Continuously dribble basketball through different challenges.
Activity Description
Are you up for a Balance Ball challenge? Were going to practice dribbling with one hand while we balance a bean bag on top of the other hand.
Put the bean bag in your hand. When I say, GO! begin dribbling and continue until you hear the stop signal.
Scaffold this activity by introducing the bean bag task without any attempt at dribbling. Prompt students to move in different ways while balancing the bean bag. With advanced K students, you may be able to introduce a dribble.
Prompt students to dribble continuously in self-space while balancing the bean bag.
Prompt students to alternate dominant/non-dominant hands. Challenge students to dribble continuously while walking in general space.
Required Material
4 Boundary cone, Plastic basketball
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2021 | Manthan
Learning Outcome
This activity develops body proprioception and balance as kids roll because they learn how to differentiate up from down even when it keeps changing.
Activity Description
Get your child to stretch out at the top of a small grass hill, arms above head.
Encourage your child to roll down the hill like a log.
TIP: Remove jewelry and wear comfortable clothing.
TIP: Make sure there are no sharp objects, rocks, or obstacles in the grass.
Required Material
4 Boundary cone, Yoga mat
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2021 | Manthan
Learning Outcome
This activity develops dynamic balance, coordination, rhythm, and timing required for any and all sports and activities that involve a running jump (e.g., basketball, baseball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, gymnastics).
Activity Description
Stretch out two ropes or lengths of ribbon on the ground.
Use the ropes or ribbons to form a single large “V” with a 1-meter space at the bottom of the “V”.
The space between the two ropes or ribbons is the river.
Take turns running and leaping over the river.
Start by leaping at the narrow part of the river, and then try to leap wider parts.
TIP: Show your child how to take off with one foot and land with two feet while bending the knees.
Variations
Pretend there are crocodiles in the river – if you fall in the river, roll around on the grass and pretend you are wrestling a crocodile!
If your child always takes off with one foot, make sure they practice taking off with the other foot as well
Required Material
4 Boundary cone, Two long skipping ropes or lengths of ribbon
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2021 | Manthan
Learning Outcome
This activity develops throwing.
Activity Description
Place a start marker on the floor with the first hula hoop approximately 3-4 meters away. This is the first golf hole.
Place your next start marker near the first hoop with the second hoop approximately 3-4 meters away. This is your second golf hole.
Continue to place more markers and hoops to create as many golf holes as you want.
Starting at the first marker, participants try to throw their bean bags into the first hoop.
If their bean bag misses the hoop, participants retrieve their bean bag, return to the start line, and throw again until the bean bag lands in the hoop.
Participants move to the next start marker and play the next golf hole.
The game ends when all participants have gotten their bean bags into all the hoops and completed the entire golf course.
Variations
If you want to add a bit of competition, record each player’s total number of throws at each hole. The winner is the player with the lowest score at the end of the game.
Required Material
4 Boundary cone, marker, bean bag, hoop
by Neetu | Jun 2, 2021 | Manthan
Learning Outcome
Exploring skipping through different pathways and levels, skipping to a rhythm, and relationships (with others).
Activity Description
Children practise different skipping actions. Ask them to show you how they can skip. Provide the following suggestions for them to explore skipping further.
Can you skip …? • like a giant, a fairy, a clown, a toy soldier • making yourself very small and gradually getting taller • being as tall as you can • forwards/sideways/backwards • happily/angrily/sadly, tightly/loosely • quickly/slowly, at varying speeds • in a straight line, in a curved pathway, in a circle, in a figure of 8 • as fast or as slowly as you can, downhill or uphill • without using your arms – now swing your arms outwards, inwards and diagonally • to the beat of the drum or to music • without touching any lines on the floor, or cracks on the concrete • and see how many skips it takes for you to get from ‘here’ to ‘there’ • with a partner – going backwards while your partner goes forwards, holding hands so you both skip around on the spot What are some other ways you can skip?
Can you see …? • fun • creativity • children coming up with their own ideas You could ask … What did you enjoy the most about skipping? How did you and your partner skip together?
Variations Follow the leader: One child is the leader who the others follow on a skipping journey
Required Material
4 Boundary cone, Skipping rope
