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The Mini Page — 2008 Activities

Yesterday's Games
Issue 28
July 12-18

This week's standards:
  • Students understand that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and social interaction. (Physical Education)
Activities:

1. Draw a picture of you and your friends playing an outdoor game. Write a sentence telling about your picture.

2. Collect newspaper photos and comic strips that show people playing games or having fun in outdoor activities. Paste the photos and comics on pieces of paper. Write a sentence telling how you feel about each of the activities next to the pictures.

3. Draw a large circle on a piece of paper. Divide it into two halves. On one half, paste newspaper pictures or words for items you can use in the pool or ocean. On the other half, paste pictures and words for items you use outdoors, but not in the water.

4. Which of the activities in today's Mini Page require (a) physical endurance, (b) coordination and balance, (c) strategic thinking, and (d) no special equipment?

5. Interview several older family members and friends to find out how they spent their summer vacations when they were kids. What games and activities did they share with friends? Collect the stories and put them together in a "Summer Fun" book. Share your book with family and friends.

Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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