Players work together in this exciting game to launch a rally. Every time the ball bounces, they must shout “bounce”.
This game is an excellent way to promote dynamic balance among young children. Two players face each other in pushup position and alternate throwing the ball back and forth until each has it.
Ball Catching
Catching balls can help older kids to build hand eye coordination, motor planning, balance, visual acuity and depth perception skills – vitally important skills both academically and for physical activities.
Begin by having students practice catching objects in the air using a bean bag or small ball, without throwing it. Partners or alone can participate. Once this skill has been mastered, move onto using a tennis ball instead.
Wall Ball is an engaging game designed to develop both catching and throwing skills. One player acts as “it,” standing 20 feet or more away with a bouncy ball in their hands; other players form a circle around this person who acts as the “it.” When any of their number accidentally gets hit with something thrown by this “it,” if hit they must raise their arms in the air as an indication they flinched upon being struck three times they are out.
Another exciting variation of this game can be played using a basketball hoop in the classroom. Students pair off and assign one person to throw over, and another under. Individuals then attempt to get the ball into one of two hoops; points are awarded depending on the distance reached – for instance if it traveled across both hoops, they would receive three points!
Try playing this game with other objects too – for instance, use a scarf rolled into a ball shape and have students take turns trying to catch it when it flutters down to the floor. Combine this game with simple games such as monkey in the middle or ball tag for even greater fun!
Try offering older children an advanced version of this game: drop and catch (where two hands drop a ball from waist height onto their forefingers and catch it as it bounces back up), before progressing to one handed drop and catch. Alternatively, for younger kids use velcro balls that allow them to grip it with thumb and forefinger for one-to-one correspondence development.
Monster Balls
Students will use problem-solving skills in order to complete this Monster Balls activity. To create this game, create a large square area in your gym or playing space using poly spots, cones, or long jump ropes and divide students into teams on either side of the designated area. On teacher signal, students attempt to throw small monster balls across it using their small monster balls – any time that crosses over onto an opponent team’s side it counts as one point and keeps going until one team reaches its desired point total or time limit has passed or another team has reached their set point limit! Keep playing until one team reaches either their target score or time limit has passed!
Monster Tag is an engaging and easy game, ideal for gym classes, birthday parties or Halloween celebrations. Children will love releasing some energy between lessons while honing their listening skills! Simply designate one child to be “it” monster. That child should then hunt down other students in class to tag by touching their head – any kids they touch become the new “it” monster for the next round! It provides students with both fine motor and social-emotional development as they work together to tag one another!
Monster Balls online game provides players with a fun, challenging, and addictive gaming experience! Players take control of a purple monster who collects falling puffballs while dodging enemy arrows and other hazards on a map map, jumping at just the right moment across platforms to cross over them safely. Anyone with internet connectivity can play this entertaining online monster game!
One fun and educational activity you could do with your learners is encouraging them to create cute monsters from cardstock or construction paper. Have them cut out circles, squares and triangles from various colored papers before having them glue these onto their monsters with googly eyes glued on. After they finish this craft they’ve completed, it can help promote pretend play and imagination playback as the craft comes together!
Tennis Ball Relay
Use tennis balls as games is a simple and enjoyable way to engage children in physical activity. These entertaining, educational games can help develop mobility and hand-eye coordination in students of any age; some games may even appeal to older kids or even young adults!
One of the easiest events to set up is a relay race. Each team starts by putting a tennis ball between their knees. When instructed, their first member should run toward an orange cone or chair positioned around a turn around point before returning back home and passing off the ball to teammates who pass it back again – with first team to have all players finish the course winning!
Drop and pop is another relay race variation using balloons. Teams begin with tennis balls in front of them before running towards a chair at the end of their line; once at this chair, one person drops a balloon onto it, sitting until it pops before returning back to his or her team to tag another member – the first team that makes it all the way from tennis balls to chair and back wins!
Add some healthy competition into this game by dividing students into two teams and giving each pair of students one tennis ball each; these teams then compete against one another to see who can run down and back with it between their legs faster – encouraging paired work as well as healthy competition! This activity provides both learning opportunities for all participants!
This variation on four square allows students to compete against their classmates to become King of the Court. Students will typically need to toss the ball to each classmate without disrupting silence; this activity is an excellent way of getting students up and moving while encouraging silence! A similar game known as ‘silent ball” allows students to toss between themselves without their classmates hearing it;
Tennis Ball Roll and Cover
Team building activities don’t get any simpler than this! Simply grab a bucket, some tennis balls and an appropriate-sized group. Split into groups of six to eight members and give each person one tennis ball; take turns throwing each tennis ball underarm into the bucket until one person manages to get all theirs into it; the person with most balls in wins!
This engaging challenge provides students with a fantastic opportunity to explore the science of friction and gravity while developing fine motor skills. For maximum success, play together as a class; however, individuals may also adapt it as needed.
Use this engaging engineering project to teach your students about Newton’s Third Law of Motion and NGSS Cross Cutting Concepts. Perfect for grades 7-12 students, this includes a teacher’s guide that makes set up easy.
Students will enjoy this simple activity to measure slope. After soaking a tennis ball in water and rolling it across an easel-sized piece of grid paper, they’ll draw a line above or below where wet path was left on paper before drying, noting the x and y-intercepts which represent slope measurements.
Curling is an exciting motor movement activity that can be tailored for students of different abilities. Pair it with soccer and tennis ball for a thrilling combination that will help your students develop mobility, hand-eye coordination and upper body strength.
This unique fundraiser can engage all ages in an engaging experience that draws the attention of local media outlets. Ideal for smaller communities and can even be combined with other fundraising methods if desired – sports clubs may use this method as well to engage their community members through fun and exciting engagement strategies!