Our original goal was the watch the elementary kids at recess to see what they do with balls...Unfortunately, for the morning class, we got a late start and no one was out for recess when we got there. That's okay, though. We were able to see some big kids on our walk back to school. Man! Can they bounce their four-square balls high! The afternoon class did get to watch the big kids at recess. We saw all kinds of cool things to do with balls. We made sure to take some notes about what we saw.
Next, We walked over to the skate park. Here, we raced our balls down the ramps to see which ones rolled the fastest and which ones rolled the farthest. We made sure to try out all of the ramps before we were finished.
Since the morning class wasn't able to take notes about what the big kids do with balls at recess, they took notes on their experiments at the skate park.
We ended our trip at Oakwood Park where we did some more experimenting. We sent the balls down the slide, down the stairs, over the bridge, and through the spirals. Some balls definitely worked better than others. We also had a little bit of time to just play at the park. There are so many ways to build gross motor skills by climbing, pulling, balancing, and running at the park!
It was a great day full of excellent learning experiences! Hopefully, the kids had as much fun as I had!
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