Catching/Skipping

Lesson 1

30 min. lesson

A.E.E.C.

Equipment:      -   Softie balls and hula hoop

Protocols:            -Line up time is quite time.

                        -When the teacher talks the students listen.

                        -When you hear the whistle you are to freeze.

                        -Stay in your own personal space.

                        -AEEC clap/chant and then silence.

Teacher Objectives:    - To introduce skipping and the cues to catching.  The

teacher is trying to have students use listening skills to obtain the fundamentals introduced in class.

Student Objectives:    - To listen and follow directions.  To attempt the skills,

task, activities at hand.  To use proper social interaction skills.  To enjoy the class.

Instant Activity:             Introducing skipping

(5-7 min.)         

Pretend that we are giants, coach is a grown up giant and the students are the children giants.  We are sleeping giants. 

When we wake up we stretch and yawn.  Stretch up high, stretch out in front of you.  Now let's go down to the village and scare some little people. 

We are walking to the village taking giant steps.   Wait, we got the hiccups.  So every giant step we take we hiccup.  Ask the children how hiccups make us move?  They make us hop or jump up.  So as we walk to the village, we hiccup each step.  Looks like a step-hop, step-hop, and step-hop.

Us giants look kind of funny with the hiccups. Watch coach.  What does it look like I am doing? Skipping!  If you can skip show coach.  If you need to practice think of our giant step hopping and try to step hop, step hiccup.

Lesson Focus:   Catching

            Remind children of the rules with the softie balls.  No sitting on them, no stepping on them, no kicking, and no picking at the white button (air valve.)

            When I ask, please go get a ball and sit in own personal space.  We are going to practice throwing the ball up and catching it.  When we had the yarn balls, we practiced throwing. What were we suppose to remember about throwing?  Point and throw.

            This time we are focusing on catching.  Watch coach.  As I throw the ball up and catch it, where are my eyes?  That is right, on the ball.  Everyone say watch the ball.  Remember that.

            How about my hands, what are they doing?  That is right they are ready to catch the ball.  So everyone say ready hands.  Everybody so me ready hands.  You have to watch the ball and have ready hands to catch the ball.Remember that too!

            Now practice throwing the ball up and catching it.  Use ready hands and watch the ball.  (All while sitting.)

            Try standing up and catching in your own space. Remember to use ready hands and watch the ball.    

            Try throwing the ball up and clapping and then catching the ball.  Like this.

            Try clapping twice.

            Now everyone hold their ball and line up with your backs on the wall.  Hold your ball!  Every other person go put your ball in the hula hoop and come back to the spot you were in. 

            Now we are going to throw and catch with a partner, like this.  Demonstrate with a pair of students.

            Put your balls back in the hula hoop and sit in the middle.

Conclusion:             Questions and answers:

What are the two things we have to know when catching? 

Ready hands and watching the ball.

            What were we doing when we pretended to be giants?

Skipping (step hop.)   

            Line up and dismiss.