Our Bean Bag Olympic Training

Our Olympian podiums.

Last week we practiced some bean bag fun. Here is a list of some of the 'challenges' we handed out:

• Toss your bean bag up & catch it
• Toss the beanbag and clap 1 time and catch it
• Toss it, clap 2 times and catch & 3 times, etc How high can you go?
• Throw the bean bag under 1 leg and catch with the other hand
• Now switch legs
• Throw the bean bag up, jump 1 time and catch it.
• Now jump 2 times, etc. How high can you go?
• Try to catch with just your right hand.
• Now just your left hand
• Balance it on a foot, toss it up and catch it
• Now switch to the other foot.
• Put a beanbag on your shoulder and run without letting it fall. (This became a relay game.)
• Can you throw it up and catch it behind your back?
• Can you run with it on your head?

What we learned:

1. Fine motor skills
2. Social skills
3. Spacial awareness
4. Counting
5. Color recognition
6. Physical development

More beanbag fun coming up this summer.........