Beach Ball Bonanza
Objectives
- Motor: Students will strike a beach ball in the air, using the palm of their hand to a group member, for at least 30 seconds within a 2-minute round, given a verbal prompt.
- Cognitive: Students will state, when verbally prompted, how they used communication during the activity to achieve the goal of keeping the beach ball in the air.
- Affective: Students will high five at least to peers at the end of the lesson when verbally prompted.
- Skill Focus: Non traditional sport/activity, cooperative game, object control.
Equipment
- Beach ball
- Rope
- Open area
Activity Description
- In this activity, students will be working in groups to reach the same goal of keeping the beach ball from falling on the ground.
- Students will be asked to line up in 4 groups of about 7 students
- *Students will be asked to remember who their group members are*
- The teacher will then pair 2 groups together & have them line up in around the large circle formed by a jump rope.
- Each student will pick up & hold onto the jump rope using only 1 hand.
- Students will have to keep the beach ball in the air without letting go of the jump rope, forcing them to work together & move together to keep the beach ball in the air.
- *If the beach ball falls inside the circle, one student may pick it up & restart, if the beach ball falls outside the circle, the teacher will pick it up & restart for the group.*
- There will be a different goal/variation in each round. (2mins each)
- Round 1: Everyone in the group must touch the beach ball at least once.
- Round 2: Everyone in the group must touch the beach ball at least once using their non-dominant hand.
- Round 3: Everyone in the group must touch the beach ball at least once, “Soccer-Style”, using only their heads, feet, or knees. Thus leading up to the main activity.
- *Students will be asked to restart if the beach ball falls or a student does not follow the current variation in each round*
