Balls in the Circle

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Grace and I are home for the summer, and I am feeling a lot better these days.

We have a good bit of time on our hands, and you already know what happens when Grace gets bored.

I force coerce allow her to play by herself a bit each day, but we spend a lot of time doing fun things together.

Like hammering golf tees into styrofoam, a brilliant (and messy!) idea I saw at No Time for Flashcards.

I came up with a fun little game, and Grace’s reaction was terrific. She’s asked to play the Ball Circle game every day since.

Here’s what we did:

Balls in the Circle

Materials

• A lot of balls in different shapes, sizes, and textures – we keep a basket of balls, and in it are plastic balls, foam balls, O-balls, footballs, whiffle balls, bouncy balls, tennis balls, golf balls, cloth balls, and about fifteen other miscellaneous balls. The key is that they are all very different.
• A hula hoop

What to Do

1. Set the hula hoop on the floor and sit down with your basket of balls a few feet away.
2. Toss each ball, attempting to make it land – and stay! – inside the hula hoop. Talk to your child about why the balls bounce out or why they roll away. Clap for her when a ball stays inside the hoop.
3. Help your child to pick up the balls so that you can toss them a second time.
4. When aforementioned child parks in the hula hoop, give up and pile all of the balls inside with her. She’ll enjoy exploring their differences.


The only way I can get her to look at the camera is to place it in front of Linny, Tuck, and MingMing, hence the disgusted face.

Happily submitted to Finer Things Friday, Hooked on Fridays, Frugal Friday, Finding Freedom Friday, Friday Funnies, and Make Do Monday

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