Grade: Primary Junior Facility: Gymnasium, multipurpose room or outdoors
Materials: Objects such as an empty box, a little pylon, a Frisbee, etc., several soft balls
Activity Description: Get students up, moving and kicking with Soccer Box Ball, a team activity that promotes cooperation. This activity can be played indoors or outside now that the warm, sunny weather is here!
Overview:
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Divide students into two teams and divide the playing area in half.
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Designate a small area between the two sides called the “no-mans land," where no players are allowed. Place several objects, e.g. an empty box, a little pylon, a Frisbee, etc. in the “no-mans land”.
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Scatter several soft balls on both sides of the playing area.
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On the signal, students kick the balls, aiming at the objects in the “no-mans land."
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The object of the game is to move the objects in the “no mans-land” towards the opponent’s side. The only way the objects can be moved is by kicking the balls at them.
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Students work together to move as many objects as possible.
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On the signal to stop all the students sit down.
Source: Ontario HPE Curriculum Support Grade 1 Unit 18 Sub-task #3
