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The Mini Page — 2009 Activities

Play Ball!
Issue 33
Aug 15-21, 2009

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

Activities:

1. Draw a baseball on a piece of paper. Paste newspaper baseball words and pictures on your drawing.

2. Look through newspaper ads to find baseball equipment. List the equipment you want. Put the price next to each item. What is your total?

3. In your newspaper's sports section, circle national baseball team names in red, circle school teams in blue, circle Little League teams in green.

4. How does the Little League experience help players develop (a) friendships, (b) knowledge of geography, and (c) good sportsmanship?

5. Pretend your Little League team is going to the World Series. Write a story about your team's adventure.

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

 

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