Students had a great time working on throwing skills over the past two months. They practiced on both overhand and underhand throws by working with targets, partners, or playing various games that allowed them to put correct technique into practice.
Students worked on overhand and underhand throws by aiming at pink
pig plates on the wall. If they hit the target they yelled out "OINK."
Students played a game about healthy choices and threw overhand if the
picture was an unhealthy choice and underhand if the picture was a
healthy choice (frown action or smile action).They rotated to many different cards
so they could decide between healthy and unhealthy choices.
This was a fun game called "Oscar's Trash Can." Students threw balls in to the trash can
made of mats while Oscar(s) threw the balls back out. Everyone loved this game!
"Ocean Rescue" let students rescue a classmate in the pretend life preserver.
As the skills got better, the hoop moved back farther and farther.
When first working on throwing and catching, students used scarves. This let the
children slow down the action, concentrate on stepping forward in opposition,
and allowed the person catching the scarf more time to react.
