Lets Learn with a Ball! Activities, Web Tools & Apps (All Ages)

<ul><li>Boy playing with ball X06484 by Ulf Bodin, Flickr Lets Learn with a Ball! ShellyTerrell.com Bit.ly/ELTLINKs Icebreakers, Activities, &amp; Resources </li><li>Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.- Diane Ackerman </li><li>Benefits? Easy set-up Light Cheap Promotes active learning &amp; TPR For all ages Image, Bounce Out by Amanda Tipton, Flickr </li><li>Part of your teacher survival kit Altered image, inside my everyday pack by drive by shooter, Flickr </li><li>Young Learners </li><li>Ball Introductions Classroom circle time with Maria Knee by Wesley Fryer, Flickr Children sit in a circle Child says name then rolls the ball to a peer The child says the students name &amp; asks a question </li><li>Toddler Ball Intro Toddler says name &amp; hits the ball with each syllable </li><li>Invent a Sport Divide into groups Each group invents a sport, create the rules, etc. Teach it to the class </li><li>Play Ball! Host a field day Play Olympic sports Play sports from around the world </li><li>Teens &amp; Adults </li><li>Ball Icebreaker in Pairs </li><li>Ball Review Toss Image, Q: Can I kick it? A: Yes, you can, by Todd, Flickr Teacher names category &amp; toss till someone gets wrong, repeats, or takes longer than 3 seconds to answer </li><li>Whats the Ball Say? Put masking tape Write directions or review questions Image, Q: Can I kick it? A: Yes, you can, by Todd, Flickr </li><li>Ball Icebreaker Questions </li><li>Ball Q&amp;A Student catches the ball &amp; answers a question Student asks a question &amp; throws to a peer to answer </li><li>Online Ball Games </li><li>Marks-english-school.com/games.html </li><li>Sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchpad/launchball </li><li>Bartbonte.com/factoryballs2 </li><li>Novelgames.com/en/spgames/numberballs </li><li>Ball Apps Altered image, Sphero by Rob Pegoraro, Flickr </li><li>AR Soccer </li><li>Magic 8Ball Image, 8-ball by Alexander Kozlov, Flickr </li><li>Baseball &amp; Math HD IOS App https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/baseball-and-math-hd-free/id441095112?mt=8 </li><li>C is for Camera by @kevinv033, Flickr Useful tools! </li><li>Pearltrees.com/p/cj8xf </li><li>Bit.ly/eltlinks Pearltrees.com/p/cj8xf ShellyTerrell.com </li></ul>