Activity Fifteen - Balloon Tennis

Description: Children are to use the tennis racket to hit the balloon up in the air by themselves and hit it to a partner.

Materials:

Balloon
Mini Racket
PECS (picture exchange cards)

Inquiry: Children are to inquire the skills of being able to bounce and balance the balloon on the tennis racket and hit it to another person.

Objectives/Outcomes: The objective of this activity is that gives kids all sorts of opportunities to exercise their gross motor skills as they jump, leap, stretch, and balance.

Language: Children are Non-Verbal. Minimal signs include; notice face of others, smiles and smiles when talked to, babble noises, points to colours, points to the picture exchange photos.

Reflection: The activity was somewhat successful. The children needed hand over hand support but they did love the balloon and the motion of playing tennis, working with others and overall just giggling and having fun.

PHOTO DESCRIPTION

First Photo Step One:

Prepare the materials for activity

Second Photo Step Two:

Child and educator practice hitting balloon with hand over hand method (in order to continue into the next step)

Third Photo Step Three:

Child and educator continue hitting the balloon back and forth to another educator (final result is playing balloon tennis with hand over hand method)

LF

Description: Children are to use the tennis racket to hit the balloon up in the air by themselves and hit it to a partner.

Materials:

Balloon

Mini Racket

PECS (picture exchange cards)

Inquiry: Children are to inquire the skills of being able to bounce and balance the balloon on the tennis racket and hit it to another person.

Objectives/Outcomes: The objective of this activity is that gives kids all sorts of opportunities to exercise their gross motor skills as they jump, leap, stretch, and balance.

Language: Children are Non-Verbal. Minimal signs include; notice face of others, smiles and smiles when talked to, babble noises, points to colours, points to the picture exchange photos.

Reflection: The activity was somewhat successful. The children needed hand over hand support but they did love the balloon and the motion of playing tennis, working with others and overall just giggling and having fun.

PHOTO DESCRIPTION

First Photo Step One:

Prepare the materials for activity

Second Photo Step Two:

Child and educator practice hitting balloon with hand over hand method (in order to continue into the next step)

Third Photo Step Three:

Child and educator continue hitting the balloon back and forth to another educator (final result is playing balloon tennis with hand over hand method)

EK

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Description: Children are to use the tennis racket to hit the balloon up in the air by themselves and hit it to a partner.

​

Materials:

Balloon

Mini Racket

PECS (picture exchange cards)

Inquiry: Children are to inquire the skills of being able to bounce and balance the balloon on the tennis racket and hit it to another person.

​

Objectives/Outcomes: The objective of this activity is that gives kids all sorts of opportunities to exercise their gross motor skills as they jump, leap, stretch, and balance.

​

Language: Children are Non-Verbal. Minimal signs include; notice face of others, smiles and smiles when talked to, babble noises, points to colours, points to the picture exchange photos.

Reflection: The activity was somewhat successful. The children needed hand over hand support but they did love the balloon and the motion of playing tennis, working with others and overall just giggling and having fun.

​

PHOTO DESCRIPTION

First Photo Step One:

Prepare the materials for activity

​

Second Photo Step Two:

Child and educator practice hitting balloon with hand over hand method (in order to continue into the next step)

​

Third Photo Step Three:

Child and educator continue hitting the balloon back and forth to another educator (final result is playing balloon tennis with hand over hand method)

EK