EHS Summer Sports

Changes to Environment

Frisbee

Assorted balls-football, basketball, soccer ball, volleyball. etc.

Plastic bat

Plush baseball, soccer ball, volley ball

Wiffle ball

Tennis ball

Sports stencils

Baseball hats

Team jerseys

Team hats

Swimming goggles

Cheerleading pom poms

Cheerleading uniform

Score book

Sports stamps

Sports stickers

Sport magazine clippings

Sports file folder games

Sports cookie cutters

Empty Gatorade and/or Powerade bottles

Empty water bottles

Sports sensory bottle (Fill bottle with water and sport beads, glue lid on

Water Table: ping pong balls, scooper/tongs, bucket, sports sponges, spray bottle,mini fishing rod, plastic fish, bubbles, legos

Sensory Table: Red, blue, yellow, green, and white crinkle paper, large pom poms, small balls, golf balls, tennis balls, grass, sports pictures, ping pong balls, scooper/tongs, buckets

Teaching Concepts for Indoor Experiences

1. Look at the differently shaped balls and try bouncing them on the floor. (Football, basketball, soccer ball, volleyball.)

Teaching Concepts for Outdoor Experiences

1. Alphabet Basketball. Two baskets or buckets. Add ABC's on balls and have the children toss the balls into the baskets.

2. Toddler Olympics. (Bean bag toss, running race, hula hoop, etc.)

Teaching Concepts for Music Movement Wellness IMIL

1. Swim Stroke Freeze Game (Teach the children how to move their arms for different swimming strokes such as: Backfloat, Breast Stroke, Crawl, Dog Paddle. Practice them a few times. Now, play music and tell them you will tell them how to "swim" to the other side of the room. They must FREEZE when the music stops and listen for the new swim stroke to use! Introduce them to "Free Swim" ...... the choose their own stroke!

2. Swimming, Swimming Song (tune of Sailing, Sailing)

(Act out!)

Swimming, Swimming, In the swimming pool.

Could you think of anything else that you would rather do?

Breast stroke. Side Stroke. Fancy diving, too!

Could you think of anything else that you would rather do?

3. Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take me out to the ball game,

Take me out with the crowd;

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack,

I don't care if I never get back.

Let me root, root, root for the home team,

If they don't win, it's a shame.

For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,

At the old ball game.

4. My Ball Song (tune of Mary had a Little Lamb)

Once I had a little ball

little ball

Once I had a little ball

Bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce, bounce

5. My Sports Song (tune of The More we Get Together)

If I would play soccer

play soccer

If I would play soccer

I would need a ball

Substitute soccer for football, tennis, baseball etc.

6. See the Swimmers (tune of We're Going to The Zoo)

“See the swimmers a swim, swim, swimming,

Racing down the pool their swim, swim, swimming,

Looking so cool as their swim, swim, swimming,

So we'll go swimming too.

See the runners a run, run, running,

Racing down the track their run, run, running,

Looking so fast as they’re run, run running,

So we'll go running too.”

Teaching Concepts for Fingerplays

1. Take Me Out to the Ballgame

Take me out to the ballgame. (Pretend to be swinging a baseball bat.)

Take me out with the crowd.

Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack. (Use one hand to motion like you are popping a piece of popcorn into your mouth.)

I don't care if I never get back. (Shake your head back and forth like you are saying no.)

Oh it's root, root, root for the home team. (Pump your fist three times like you are cheering.)

If they don't win it's a shame. (Hold both hands out with the palms facing up.)

For it's 1, 2, 3 strikes - you're out (Count to three on your fingers and then point out to the side like a baseball umpire.)

at the old, ball game!

2. Baseball Player (tune of Frere Jacques)

Baseball player, baseball player (pretend to throw ball)

Swing the bat, hit the ball (Pretend to swing a baseball bat.)

Run around the bases, run around the bases (Pretend to be running.)

Homerun, homerun

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