For lower elementary, this week's focus was ball skills with playground balls. Each student had their own ball for this week's classes. Lessons focused on guiding students to experiment with holding, rolling, and bouncing the ball in different ways. Ideas for movements included:
- holding the ball with two hands and one hand in these ways:
- in front, in back of your body
- to the right, to the left
- low, high
- rolling the ball around self while:
- sitting criss-cross-applesauce
- sitting with knees to chest
- standing with feet together
- standing with feet apart, in a figure 8 pattern
- bouncing the ball and:
- clapping once, twice, three times, four times before catching
- touching one or more body parts before catching
- turning around before catching
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| Second grade students roll the ball around themselves while sitting criss-cross-applesauce. |
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| First grade students experiment with bouncing the ball and clapping before catching it. |
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| First grade students roll the ball around each foot in a figure-8 pattern. |
