Creative Minds

Kid’s Corner

{Week 3: PE - Coordination}

Theme: Snow Days          Color: White

Note: Please visit the link Kid’s Corner to learn how easy it is to complete our lessons with your child! Our Kid’s Corner lessons are guaranteed to have you and your child learning together, growing together, and having fun together.  Enjoy!

Daily Opener:  

1. Prayer {Say a prayer with your child}
2. Calendar {Click on the link to learn how to use the calendar}.
3. ABC / 123 Song {Sing the ABC’s with your child & sing numbers 1-10 with your child}.

Activity: Snowball Toss {Lesson by Briana}

Description:  Children will learn how to throw objects at various distances.

Materials:

-         Snowballs or white whiffle balls or golf balls

-         Three buckets or baskets

Directions:

1. Place the buckets or baskets at three different distances from your child.
1. One bucket will be close
2. One bucket will be further away
3. One bucket will be the furthest away
2. Hand your child a whiffle or golf ball {if you live where there is snow, hand them a snowball}. 
3. Have your child toss the ball underhand and try to make it into the basket or bucket.
4. Have your child toss the ball into all three buckets. This will help them learn distances and practice their throwing.
5. Be sure to praise your child at whatever level they are at.  This will build their confidence and self esteem.
6. When child is finished, tell them what a great job they did! 

 Learning Opportunity:

1. Your child will use their motor skills to learn how to throw a ball.
2. Your child will become familiar with different distances.
3. Your child will gain confidence by learning to throw the ball.
4. Your child will gain self esteem when you praise them during the activity.

 Read Aloud:  

Winter Snow {By Briana}

It snows in the wintertime, all season long

And makes the town pretty and strong

I like to make snowmen and a big snowball

It is fun to throw the snowball and watch it fall

I like to sled down the snowy hill

And my cat watches me from the windowsill

It snows in the wintertime, all season long

And when I see snow, I like to sing winter a winter song

And when the snow melts and goes away

I can’t wait for next winter, so I can snow play!

Daily Craft: Activity Jar {Click on the link to learn about using the activity jar}

Congratulations: You and your child finished the lesson for the day! What did you think about the lesson today, and what did your child learn?  We’d love to hear your thoughts!           

*Stallone Tested and Approved: {We are so lucky to have Stallone, Annie’s son, test out all of our lessons that we create for you.  We want the lessons to be enjoyable for children, so after each lesson we will post how Stallone did with the lesson in italics under the title, Stallone Tested and Approved}:

Materials

Setting up

Throwing balls into the tub

Throwing balls