Is your bracket already busted? Check out these March Madness activity ideas to get your kiddos thinking!
Blank Jerseys– Kids can use the jersey cards for various number activities depending on their needs.
- ~Greater than and Less than with 2 jerseys
- ~Order the jerseys from least to greatest or greatest to least
- ~Sort the odd and even jersey numbers
- ~Add the sum of two jerseys. Find which 2 jerseys make the highest/lowest sum.
- ~Find which two jerseys sum makes an even or odd number.
- ~Sight words
- ~ABC Order
100 Hoops- Play with Leapfrog’s 100 Hoops toy, shoot and count your way to 100 by 2s, 3s, 5s, 10s in English and/or Spanish; or do the same with any goal you have.
Mr Swish’s Basketball Store- Go online using the basketball section of your local sporting goods store or go to the actual store and pretend to shop with a budget.
Commentator’s Corner- Read various books, articles, team rosters, rule books, etc about basketball then report on a team or player or basketball topic as if they are a sports writer for a newspaper, magazine, or a sportscaster.
Sizing Up the Opponent- Print out a roster of your favorite basketball team and use it as a spelling list.
Dribble it- Kids will dribble as long as they can for 3 attempts without errors. A partner will use a stopwatch to record the data, dribbler will find their average time. Or set up dribbling obstacle courses or take a dribble walk down your street.
Basketball Art- Students may complete an art project where they roll an old basketball dipped in paint in a box with paper on the bottom.
Thanks, Think Magnet Kids!
