Ball and spoon race

Racing with a ball on a spoon.

Materials Required

Large spoons or serving spoons
Golf balls, tennis balls, handballs

Optional materials

Medium sized bucket

Play experience profile

Ages:
- Preschoolers
- Toddlers
Min Playtime

5 - 15 Minutes
Skills

Hand-eye coordination, Gross motor
Energy Level

Active play
Messiness Rating
EYLF Outcomes

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Play Experience Preparation

Find a clear space outdoors with no obstacles or trip hazards.

Experience Steps

Place ball on spoon and walk around the yard with your child while they practise balancing the ball.
Talk about the different sized balls and if they will fit on the spoon.
When children are confident, encourage them to have small races with you.
Have fun and maybe when you get to the other end of the yard, you can drop your ball in a bucket.

What to talk about, or questions to ask during the experience

Use positional language - ball on top of spoon, in the bucket, spoon under spoon
Balance, balancing
Walking/running
Fast and slow

Build on this...

Encourage children to dig using the spoons to encourage hand/eye coordination.
Throwing the balls into different sized buckets or bowls.
Try balancing balls on different utensils.

WHO guidelines for physical activity and sedentary behaviour
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This activity encourages your child to be physically active by moving around outside.

EYLF Outcomes
The Early Years Learning Framework has been designed for use by early childhood educators working in partnership with families, children’s first and most influential educators. View PDF

Children feel safe, secure, and supported
Children become strong in their social and emotional wellbeing
Children transfer and adapt what they have learned from one context to another

EYLF Principle

Principle 3: High expectations and equity. Children progress well when they, their parents and educators hold high expectations for their achievement in learning.

EYLF Practice

Practice: Learning through play. Play can expand children’s thinking and enhance their desire to know and to learn. In these ways play can promote positive dispositions towards learning. Children’s immersion in their play illustrates how play enables them to simply enjoy being.