Bean Bag Throwing (Gross Motor)
Bean bag target toss
Instructions
- Make two or more black beanbags with the child by filling a plastic sandwich bag with beans. Place the filled bag into an old black sock and tie a knot.
- Use a bucket/basket as your target
- Stand two feet away from target and see if child can throw into the bucket
- Stand on one foot and let child throw at target
- Stand progressively further away from the target and see if target is hit
- Make a goal of hitting the target seven times in a row without missing
- Save the bean bags for Activity 21 Month 9
Simplify
Use a laundry basket with a larger opening as your target for the bean bags.
Extend
Use a target bucket, basket, or towel with a narrower opening/surface to increase the difficulty and place target farther away
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
Do you think you are an athletic child and why?
If you could be a super star in sports, what sport would it be and why?
Materials
- two re-sealable sandwich bags
- uncooked beans
- two old black socks
- bucket
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Black
- Number - Seven, 7
- Alphabet Letters - J, I
- Sense - Smell
- Character Trait - Courage
- Target Words - Long, Little, Short, Small
Monthly Proverb
Chinese - If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through
Did You Know?
"Before children enter elementary school, they must develop many linguistic and cognitive skills that will make later academic learning possible. By the age of five, however, children differ markedly in their success in reaching these developmental goals." Entwisle & Alexander, 1993
Books to Read
"The Little Engine That Could"
by Watty Piper, Illustrator Loren Long (Activity 12) (audiobook available)
"My Very First Mother Goose"
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions "
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions" VIDEO
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Little Engine that Could" VIDEO
by Watty Piper (Activity 12)
"My Very First Mother Goose" VIDEO
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
Music Playlist
"America (My Country Tis of Thee)" VIDEO
by the Hit Crew, Album: Drew’s Famous Music for Summer Games and Activities (Activity 13)
"Teeth" VIDEO
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy Happy Habits (Activity 25)
"Miss Mary Mack"
by Ella Jenkins, Album: You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (Activity 9)
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" VIDEO
by Aretha Franklin (Activity 13)
"Miss Mary Mack" VIDEO
by Patty Shula (Activity 9)
"Teeth"
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy, Happy, Habits (Activity 25)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Jack and Jill
(Activity 19 Month 9)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.