We introduced the theme with a large banner on the wall with various sports balls; football, basketball, baseball, tennis ball, soccer ball and volley ball. We read books, sang songs and talked about favorite sports.
Art
Monday-Baseball- marble painted
Tuesday- Swimming
Wednesday- Football- glued white strips on brown shape ball
Thursday- Golf- stamped with white paint and spike ball on yellow paper
Friday-Hockey- glued hockey stick and puck to paper
Math
The children practiced matching, patterning, shape building and hockey number game with various activities related to the theme. We had sports cups with colored coins for counting and color matching, shape mirror connectors to match shapes and create own shape structure, and number hockey game with numbers hockey sticks and puck.
Motor Development
Baseball lacing cards with wax string for sturdy grip while practicing weaving in and out of sports paper plates, practiced flicking paper footballs with fingers or hands across the table back and forth to peers, and sports matching bingo grid cards. All activities allow the children to work on and master various fine motor activities throughout the year.
Sensory Table
Colored shredded paper green/red, sports cups, baseball wooden circles
Activities
Helmet safety- wear helmet and knee pads
Play ball
Sports short video all around the world
Hockey game
Hopscotch intro and practice hopping
Take me out to the ball game song
Sports ball tracing grid
Intro to new classroom rules
Climber ladder- practice alternating feet