This week we are going to continue on the idea of throwing and include rolling. The skill that we are going to be working on is bowling. You will need a ball (or a sock ball). You are also going to need some objects that range from big (laundry basket), medium (small wastebasket), and small (empty water bottle).

• Use this handout to keep track of your success.

• Bowling is an underhand roll.

  • You are going to get on your knees with your feet behind you and your bottoms up, not touching your legs or feet. Put the ball in your dominant hand (left or right). Take your opposite foot and put it flat on the ground in front of you so that one leg is up with the knee bent in front of you and the other knee is on the ground.

  • Then practice the motion without a ball first. Tick Tock like a clock.

  • You want to let go before the arm comes up to the waist.

  • Now put a ball in your RIGHT hand and aim for the laundry basket or target releasing at the correct point that is 5 feet in front of them. Do this 20 times and use this worksheet to track how you are doing.

    • Each time you go, make an X for the targets that you hit and an 0 for the ones that you miss

  • Now repeat but this time put a ball in your LEFT hand and have them aim for the laundry basket or target releasing at the correct point that is 5 feet in front of them. Do this 20 times and use this worksheet to track how you are doing.

    • Each time you go, make an X for the targets that you hit and an 0 for the ones that you miss

  • Then, grab a water bottle and now do the same thing 20 times from EACH KNEE (Right an left hand) and aim to knock over the water bottle from 5 feet away

    • Keep track of how many out of 20 you knocked down at each distance

Listening & Observation:

Use your senses to become familiar with your family or community garden:

• What do you see right now as you look around the garden?

• What do you smell?

• What noises do you hear in the garden?

• What does the soil feel like? What other textures do you feel?

• What do you think some of the fruits and vegetables we are growing taste like?

Share your observations with family.

Take a mindfulness break with this Mindful Moment

Butterfly Pretzel Bites

Ingredients:

• 4 large celery stalks

• Peanut or almond butter

• Raisins

• Pretzel twists

Directions:

1. Cut the celery into 2-inch pieces.

2. Slice a thin strip off the rounded/bottom part of the celery to make a flat surface.

3. Fill the celery with peanut or almond butter.

4. Cut the raisins in half and place them on the peanut or almond butter as eyes.

5. Place two pretzel twists onto the peanut or almond butter as wings.

6. Enjoy!

Check out our family website: https://www.dshines.org/families for additional healthy eating and physical activity ideas!