March 11 is Basketball Day!
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Play Ball! |
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It's best if you can get outside to play ball, but if the weather isn't cooperating, you can still have fun inside too. Try these different skills either with a real basketball, or another ball of similar size. Shooting If you have a small kids' basketball net to use, let them have fun shooting baskets. Otherwise, you can setup a bin or trash can to use instead. After doing some practice shots, you can make up a simple game and keep score. Passing Bounce the ball to each other, or try passing back and forth. If you're using a basketball, bouncing will probably work best since it will be heavier for your child to handle. (If they're really little, you can also roll it to each other.) Dribbling If they can easily do the skills above, you can have them try to dribble the ball. Once they master dribbling in a stationary position, they can try to dribble while moving around. |
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Tissue Basketball Craft |
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Make a tissue paper basketball. Fun craft for little kids and big kids too! | |||
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1. Print out the 'basketball.pdf' template. 2. Cut 1" squares of black and orange tissue paper (does not need to be exact)....(also, we didn't have black tissue paper or streamers, so we just used construction paper.) 3. Put a line of glue on the black lines of the basketball (the outside circle is optional). 4. Using the black tissue paper, either crumple up the tissue paper into tiny balls, or simply press the middle of the tissue paper into the glue. (The latter method will result in a "fluffier" basketball.) Repeat this process until the black lines are filled up. 5. Now do the same with the orange tissue paper, filling in between the black lines. Note: Crumpling up the tissue paper takes awhile and requires patience. My daughter decided to do her own thing and just lay the tissue paper flat, which was much quicker! |
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