Outdoor Play Resources
Teacher: Cindy Long
School: Freedom Elementary
Amount: $469.07
Category: Materials
First, I would like to say “Thank You” to the donors and LPSF! My class recently received our outdoor items. I teach pre-K and they were so excited that they didn’t even play with anything else today except these items! That’s big!!! They were so involved and although some of the equipment is a little challenging, they kept on trying. I purchased items that will help with their gross motor skills and eye-hand coordination. I have a group of kids that love to play basketball, and they were over the moon to get actual basketballs! The coordination involved to bounce, throw and dribble a ball is key for development at this age. We also received many other bouncing balls of various sizes that will improve coordination skills as well. The catching cones are very challenging, but great to work on eye-hand coordination. It is a plastic cone with an attached ball, and the goal is to toss up the ball and catch it in the cone. The comet balls were also popular. A soft ball with a comet tail, but great for working on throwing a ball. The comet effect of how it glides and lands is an extra to make them want to throw it over and over, while improving the throw and catch skill. The scooter boards were busy all recess with kids working those legs muscles around the sidewalk walkway of our playground. They also had a lot of fun trying to hook the rings on the ring toss toy, another great eye-hand coordination activity. I purchased the cones thinking we could use those to section off areas, but they had more fun making a pyramid and learning about balance. These items will be used daily and will help improve gross motor needs of my students, as well as those we share recess with.
Thanks again for making this possible!