Sports Day 1

Tell the children that this week we are going to learn about sports. Ask the children what they think sports are? Does anyone play a sport? What are your favorite sports to watch or play?  (You can choose to write down the children’s answers, so they can come back later and see their response.) Once the children respond to these questions, tell the children that a sport is an activity that involves hard work, energy, skills, and doing a sport is a type of exercise. Sports can be played as an individual or as a team; they also involve competing against others.

Next, show the children photos of different sports such as: soccer, football, track and field, gymnastics, golf, baseball, basketball, lacrosse and any other sport you’d like to have a picture of. From what you have discussed above now talk about where these sports are played and a little bit about how these sports are played. Show the children the pictures and talk about playing on grass, playing on a court, in sand etc. You can even talk about the uniforms, pads and shoes that athletes need to wear and why they need to wear them.