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Self-Tossing Ec

This document provides instructions for a self-tossing activity for early childhood students. The activity involves children standing on spot markers in a designated area. The children will then explore fluffballs and toss them, working on skills like catching and counting their tosses out loud. Variations include catching and counting higher or naming fruits and vegetables for each letter of the alphabet. Adaptations are suggested for students having difficulty focusing on two tasks, such as catching and counting. The activity promotes skills like hand-eye coordination, number recognition, and letter recognition.

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Self-Tossing Ec

This document provides instructions for a self-tossing activity for early childhood students. The activity involves children standing on spot markers in a designated area. The children will then explore fluffballs and toss them, working on skills like catching and counting their tosses out loud. Variations include catching and counting higher or naming fruits and vegetables for each letter of the alphabet. Adaptations are suggested for students having difficulty focusing on two tasks, such as catching and counting. The activity promotes skills like hand-eye coordination, number recognition, and letter recognition.

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LESSON 4

SELF-TOSSING

FLUFFBALL FUN

Ready
1 spot marker per child
4 cones for activity area boundaries
1 fluffball per child
Musical ASAPs #9 and #6
SPARK EC Music CD and player

Set

Create activity area.


Scatter spot markers within area.
Scatter fluffballs outside boundaries.
Send children to stand on spot markers.

EARLY CHILDHOOD

GO!

1. From Here To There (Teach Musical ASAP #9.)


2. Fluffball Selection and Exploration (Allow 2 minutes for exploration.)
When you hear the color of your home, hop to get a fluffball, then hop home.
When the music starts, play safely with your fluffball inside your bubble.
When it stops, set your fluffball on the floor and listen.
3. Stand and Self-Toss Challenges Can you
Toss high slowly? Quickly? Toss medium slowly? Quickly? Toss low slowly? Quickly?
(Remind children to watch their fluffballs all the way into their hands.)
4. Counting Catches
Watch and hear me count catches. I toss, catch, and say 1. I toss again, catch, and say 2.
When you hear, Go, try medium tosses with your fluffball.
Follow me! Lets toss our fluffballs and count our catches out loud to the number 5.
(Count aloud with children. Try counting in other languages.)
5. Alphabet Catching
When you hear, Go, do medium tosses with your fluffball.
Follow me! Lets catch our fluffballs and say the alphabet to the letter E for eggplant.
(Recite aloud with children. Try reciting in other languages.)
6. Fluffball Return (Send children to return fluffballs by spot color and hop home.)
7. Flick A Fly (Teach Musical ASAP #6.)
8. Wrap It Up
Lets clap our hands and say the alphabet to the letter E. Lets tap our knees and
count to 5.
Who will tell us the name of a vegetable that starts with the letter E?

SELF-TOSSING
ADAPTATIONS
Variations
Catch and count to higher numbers.
Have children name a fruit or vegetable
for each letter of the alphabet.

Inclusive Strategy
Those having difficulty focusing on 2
concepts (catching and counting) can
shadow the activity (pretending to use a
fluffball).

Hand-eye coordination
Number recognition
Letter recognition
Visual tracking

YOUR STATE STANDARDS

Literacy
Read Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert.

FAMILY FUN
Toss and Count
Join your child in doing medium
2-handed tossing with a small,
stuffed toy or scrubbie. With
each toss, count out loud or
recite the alphabet, the days of
the week, or months of the year.

Have children shadow catching and


counting a fluffball.
This activity may be difficult for
those still learning the alphabet.
Have children repeat after you.
Toss your fluffball. Catch it and say,
A. Next, the children toss their
fluffballs, catch them and say, A.
NOTES

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