Good morning!
Today will be the last of this week’s posts as the week ends with an in-service day and holiday.
Here are today’s ideas:
- Go around your house and garden and find as many balls as you can. How many did you collect? Is it easy to keep them altogether without some rolling away? Can you find a way to stop them from rolling off in different directions?
2. How many balls did you collect altogether? Can you sort them into groups or order them based on size/colour/hard or soft…?
3. Either indoors or outside, create a ball run with ramps, tunnels or other interesting features.
4. Set up a target practice where you throw, roll, kick or hit a ball (with a bat/racquet/club). Maybe different targets could be worth different points. Could you write the numbers on your targets? Who can get the highest score?
5. Play a ball game such as ‘piggy in the middle’ or dodge ball or a sport like football or tennis. Think about how you hold your hands or feet and how much force you need to use to make the ball move. Really try to control it.
6. Use a larger ball and move it as many ways as you can, just like we do at gym. How many different parts of your body can make the ball move?
7. If you go to a big open space like Huntly Park see how high or how far you can throw or kick the ball.
8. Marbles, tennis balls and footballs are all the same shape; they are called spheres. Can you spot any other spheres around you at home, in the garden or when out walking?
9. Can you think of any fruits or vegetables that are almost the same shape as a ball, a sphere? Why don’t you help to cut one up and eat it as a snack?
10. Listen to Nina and The Neurons https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/nina-get-sporty-bouncy-balls-and-bendy-knees
11. Follow some recipes for little spherical food!
https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a25622407/best-oreo-cookie-balls-recipe/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/i-can-cook-thai-green-turkey-balls
12 Kid-Friendly Energy Ball Recipes Made Without Protein Powder
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/my-world-kitchen-moroccan-fish-ball-tagine
12. Watch and learn some football skills with Rachel and the Footy Pups
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/footy-pups
13. See how beautiful marbles are made: https://youtu.be/1cXy7gxUtbU
14. Do some painting!
Roll a ball outdoors (or in a paper lined tray indoors) to make some interesting images with paint.
