"Tick Tock Goes the Clock"

This week in Physical Education we started our first ball manipulation unit, rolling.  Students are learning how to "tick tock" their arm, get low by bending their knees, step with their opposite foot, and release the object with their arm looking at the target. Here are some of the fun activities we did to practice this skill!

Rolling with a Partner

Students stand across from a partner.  Partner stands with legs together like a  giant bowling pin.  The partner with the ball will roll and try to get the ball to hit their partner's toes.  Every time they hit the pin, their team gets a point.  A variation of this game is having their partner stand and make a tunnel with their legs.  Students count how many times they can roll the ball through their partner's legs.  Teams have fun adding up their points!

Bowl-O-Rama

Students are split into two teams and stand on their own half of the gym.  Each side has 8 pins on the end line.  The goal is to be the first team to roll and knock down the other team's pins.  Students had a lot of fun with this game learning about offensive and defensive strategies.


 Clean Up Your Backyard
  
 Students are split into two teams and stand on their own half of the gym.  When the music starts students roll any balls in their "backyard" to the other side of the gym.  When the music stops, we count to see how many balls are in each backyard and decide who has the cleanest.