“X” Marks the Spot and Pong Roll Activities

"X" Marks the Spot Relay reinforces eye/feet coordination and team work.

Procedure: Two teams are selected with masking tape make an "X" on the floor for each team.  Have a starting line at the teacher's signal "go," the team leaders run to the "X," step on it with one foot and then with the other foot, and race back to tag the next team member.  This continues until all the team members competed.

Pong Roll develops quickness and overall fitness.

Procedure:  One child rolls a ping pong ball towards a wall.  The other child is standing next to the other child and as soon as it is rolled, the child standing runs and tries to beat the ping pong ball to the wall.

More Game Ideas Found in this Activity Booklet #BJ08-Icebreaker Games for Chldren at www.welearnbydoing.com website.
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Volleyball Balloon Game

                                                                              
1.  Volleyball Balloon Games

Two chairs are placed about ten feet from each other and a string is tied from one chair to the 
other.  Boys are on one side of the string and girls on the other side.  The boys cannot use their arms or hands as they are placed behind their backs but the girls can use their arms and hands.
The object is to hit the balloon over the string and not let the balloon touch the ground.  It is a point for the other team when the balloon hits the ground.  Three points wins the game.

2.  Balloon Relay Race

This activity works well in an opened area.  Two teams are selected (not more than 6 per team)  
The object of this game is to bat the balloon from one side of the room and back to the other side.
(It is difficult sometimes to move the balloon forward because the air blows the balloons in different directions.)  Once the first child makes it back towards the second child, the second child in line, too, must complete the task until all six members of the team have finished this competition race. 

These are just 2 ideas found in "We L earn By Doing Activities" booklet (BJ01) on www.welearnbydoing.com website.  Check out the website to see other booklets. 
                                                                          
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Anxiety in Children


Anxiety is defined as “apprehension without apparent cause.”  Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “distress or uneasiness of mind caused by fear of danger or misfortune.”  It usually happens when there is no immediate threat to a person’s safety or well being, but the threat feels real.  Anxiety makes a person want to escape the situation – fast.  The heart beats quickly, the body might begin to perspire, and “butterflies” in the stomach soon follow.  However, a little bit of anxiety can actually help people stay alert and focused.


 


Having fears or anxieties about certain things can also be helpful because it makes kids behave in a safe way.  For example: a child with a fear of fire would avoid playing with matches. 


 


The nature of anxieties and fears change as children grow and develop:


 


·         Babies experience stranger anxiety, clinging to parents when confronted by people they don’t recognize.


·         Toddlers around 10 to 18 months experience separation anxiety, becoming emotionally distressed when one or both parents leave.


·         Children ages 4 through 6 have anxiety about things that are not based in reality such as fears of monsters and ghosts.


·         Children ages 7 through 12 often have fears that reflect real circulstances that may happen to them, such as bodily injury and natural disaster.


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The Time is Activity

This activity tells time as a group.  The class is divided into two groups and each group forms a large circle.  A leader is assigned to call out different times like 10:00am or 2:30pm.  The group must form that time before the other group forms it.  This is done several times and can add points for each time a group wins.  

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Carpet Squares

At the carpet store, pieces of carpets are thrown out; find small pieces of two different colors.  Cut out five carpet squares with each color. 

Activity #1 - Matching Colored Carpet Squares 
Line up 4 carpet squares of each color next to each other. Take the fifth carpet squares and place them on top of the feet and use elastic bands to wrap around the feet.  Make sure the carpet squares lined up match that foot.  The goal is for the child to walk up the carpet squares matching the colored squares.  When the child makes it to the top, the hard part is to walk backwards down the carpet squares.  This activity focus on the child knowing the front part of the body with the back part of the body.

Activity #2 - Crisscross Carpet Squares
Lined up the same way except you will crisscross the squares.  Take the second and fourth squares and switch the sides.  This time the child has to crisscross walking up the squares.  This activity focus on the child knowing the midline of the body.  When the child reaches the top, it becomes a challenge to walk crisscrossing backwards.  ...
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Hoop Spelling Activity

Hoop Spelling (Skills Reinforce simple spelling words, counting, and time limit)

Procedure:
 1.  Two hoola hoops are separated about 5 feet and laid on the floor.
 2.  Index cards with alphabet are placed in one hoop and faced up.
 3.  The second hoop has a set of pictures matching each letter and faced up.
 4.  Both the alphabet cards and pictures are mixed up in the hoops.
 5.  The teacher selects one child.  At the teacher's signal, the child races to the alphabet hoop, picks up a letter, goes to the picture hoops to match the letter with the picture like "b" with "boy."
 6.  Meanwhile, the children surrounding the hoops start counting slowly to 25 for the child to complete the task.  When the child finds the match, the child races back to the teacher, hands both cards and says "boy" before twenty-five.
 7.  Each child has an opportunity to participate.
 8.  With the younger child just learning the alphabet, place one letter in one hoop, and two pictures in the second hoop, and no time limit.  If the children get good at it, then have the group count to 10.

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