Learn Together
Physical play helps children build confidence and social skills, while strengthening dexterity and coordination.
Materials
- Paper, cardboard, or the front side of a cereal box
- Sharpie or marker
- Wooden chopsticks
- One dime
Make Together
Being physical while staying indoors can be frustrating and challenging. Finding fun ways to bring the outside indoors is a great way to stay creative, healthy, and active!
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Draw a soccer field! (If you are using a cereal box, cut out the front of the box). Use this image for reference.
- Draw a large rectangle. The rectangle shape should cover the whole paper/cardboard sheet.
- Place the paper horizontally and draw a line through the middle.
- Draw a rectangle for the penalty box on both sides of your field, then draw a small rectangle in the penalty box for the goal box.
- Draw a circle on the halfway line.
Let’s play soccer!
- Use the dime as a soccer ball and the set of chopsticks as players.
- Use sharpies or markers to decorate your chopsticks with your team’s colors.
- Choose who will go first.
- Apply pressure with the ends of the chopsticks to the sides of the dime. This will make the dime move around the field.
- Take turns, keeping score each time a player gets the dime into the other team’s goal.