Preschool Theme Sports Activities

Preschool Theme Sports Activities:

The preschool theme sports activities will provide the preschool children with fun activities, developing their gross motor muscles, and teach them simple sport activities at the same.

Activity 1:"Volley Ball."

The children will develop their eye hand co-ordination and gross motor muscles, when participating in the activity.

Materials Needed for the Activity:

1. One Large Ball.

• The children should stand in a circle, with their feet touching.
• One child should stand in the middle of the circle.
• He or she should try to roll the ball through the feet of any child in the circle.



• The children may only use their hands in stopping the ball going through.
• Children should take turns in standing in the middle of the circle./li>

• Enjoy!

2. One Big Soft Ball.

• The children should stand in a circle, and one child should stand in the center.
• The child in the center will toss the ball above his or her head, while calling the name of a child.
• The child whose name was called tries to catch the ball.
• When catching the ball, that child then takes the place of the child previously standing in the circle.
• Have fun!

• The children should form pairs and sit on the floor facing each other, and put their soles of their feet together.



• The children should hold hands and push and pull each other forward and backward, imitating a rowing movement.
• Enjoy!


Activity 4: "Ring Toss."

The children will stimulate their eye hand co-ordination when participating in this activity.

Materials needed for the Activity:


2. Rubber Rings.
3. Bottles filled with Sand.


Procedure:
• The children should stand five feet away from the bottles, and try to throw the ring over the neck of the bottles.
• The children can try and increase the distance between themselves and the bottles, in order to improve their ring tossing skills!
• This simple activity still remains a favorite with the children!


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