World Cup Activities

[jessica]

Hi guyz, can u gimme a few ideas on sum activities that i can do with the children for the world cup. Thanks

[Ruthierhyme]

you type a different language lol

There's discussion on making England flags on this thread - Sandcastles

You could also play table footie with finger feet & scrunched up paper balls, what age group are you around?

[ray]

We had a world cup day..... the children invented their own flags or chose one to colour. We baked cakes in the shape of foot balls...... we played football games in the garden and talked about exercise being healthy for us and how exercise makes our bodies feel... we talked about different countries and if the children's background was from any of those countries... we had 9 different countries in just our room. So we then asked all the children to tell us how to say Hello in their home language and if they didnt know to ask their carers and tell us the next day they were in ( parent partnership)

[Heidi]

Originally Posted by jessica

Hi guyz, can u gimme a few ideas on sum activities that i can do with the children for the world cup. Thanks

Our children decorated cakes with an English flags - using white icing and thin red liquorice laces - some made their own designs.

In the past we have also asked mothers if they would mind if their child wished to have their cheeks painted with face paints with flags. We also asked the children (and staff) to come dressed in red and white teeshirts etc on week day matches. We have a CD with 'Match of the day' track on it so they all danced to it waving scarves or their arms in the air - and - football outside!

ps. I hear that they've imported vuvuzelas into the uK in case you want any!

[jessica]

Originally Posted by Ruthierhyme

you type a different language lol

There's discussion on making England flags on this thread - Sandcastles

You could also play table footie with finger feet & scrunched up paper balls, what age group are you around?

Hi, what do u mean when u said I typed a different langauge lol? Im workin with 2-4 yrs old

[jessica]

thanks everyone x

[Ruthierhyme]

mobile phone text language, typing or talking you may find you receive comments along the way if you use it alot in your work.

avoiding abbreviation & all capitals could be added to coursework that asks how you use appropriate language - spoken and written when working with children, colleagues and professionals. sorry, my daughter found it odd when I mentioned it to her and was surprised but it's not personal more what others could expect when talking to you. Common chat acronyms on the forum are good & encouraged but it's also about asking questions in a way that respects the use of english and uses it so that everyone benefits quickly - medically, professionally and indeed as you are in your role at work, as a role model/taking the lead with something you have more knowledge about than the children may currently have xx


If you still need some these are a few other ideas for footie crafts:

Salt dough footballs - can cover sport, health, circles, number, colour and country names.
Different sporting balls: have a selection of real balls for outlining & cutting from paper. If this is prooves too adult directed take photos of them and display/cutout.
You could ask .. 'Who'd play football with a ping pong ball ..
Also demonstrates the diversity and cultural backgrounds of balls.
Football pitch & collage players: cut cereal boxes so that paint can be applied to the inside turning it into a stadium or field.
Add scrunched up balls to bounce around & have sheets of football players to cut and glue if wished.
Real football players: great for younger ones, turn everyone into a player with an England baseball cap and kick around white & red fom balls - goal areas optional, england flags to mark the goal areas would be innovative or creative.
Grass cutting good sensory activity & a crucial part of pitch maintenance. Tray of grass and scissors, glue & paper if wanted could cover mathmatical & positional language/concepts such as long & short, growth and cut, higher, lower, goats, sheep and mowing machines
Finger painting: mark out a football pitch with white paint on green paper/table top. What are the areas needed/called - professionally marked diagram football pitch from learning-through-football.co.uk or for ease & accessibility halve a rectangle giving one side to each team - coloured/numbered or named and make two goal areas for shooting.

vuvuzela for noise making & music and football clackers

You could also look into footballer nutrition and serving international foods.

Hth xx

[jessica]

Oh right lol. Thank you for the ideas they were helpful x