Talk to the children about the basic concept that our body moves with the help of muscles. Ask the children what can we do to help our muscles? We can eat healthy foods. We can also stretch our muscle ...
Talk to the children about the basic concept that our body moves with the help of muscles. Ask the children what can we do to help our muscles? We can eat healthy foods. We can also stretch our muscle before and after we have been active so that the muscles don’t get strained. Do a few basic stretches with the children and repeat them throughout the day. (Example: Have the children stand up straight. Tell the children to raise their arms high and stretch them to touch the sky. Then tell the children reach down low to touch the floor.)
Let the children know that along with stretching comes exercise. So, once the children are done stretching and their bodies have warmed up. Do a couple jumping jacks with the children.
We are learning about sports this week and since golf is a sport I thought it would be fun to paint with golf balls. You can watch this Golf ball painting video to see how it’s done and what materia ...
We are learning about sports this week and since golf is a sport I thought it would be fun to paint with golf balls. You can watch this Golf ball painting video to see how it’s done and what materials you will need. Children can use any color construction paper put into their box or you can cut out a circle to be used as a large golf ball. You can cut out the circle or have your child cut out their own circle. Cutting is a great skills for children and even if it doesn’t look like a circle when they are done cutting they have had the experience of using scissors. As children roll golf balls through the paint it will leave the print from the golf ball onto their paper.
Provide the children with a piece of printer paper taped inside a box (can use a shoe box or gift box). Have the children squeeze a small amount of two or three colors of paint on the paper. Place about three golf balls into the box. Now, allow the children to move the box back and forth and shake the box to have the golf balls move through the paint and throughout the box. While the children are doing this activity talk about what the golf balls look like, the colors that are being made and what is happening when the golf balls are moving around.
