Materials
Plastic knife
Peanut butter
Lettuce leaves
Celery and/or carrot sticks
Instructions
1. Assemble the children and distribute the beanbags.
2. Encourage the children to squeeze and toss the bags from one hand
to another.
3. Provide the following instructions to the children:
* Place the beanbag on the floor.
* Pick up the beanbag with your hands and hold it high.
* Place it back on the floor.
* Pick up the beanbag with another part of your body. (Cue the child if
needed: elbows, feet, one hand and one foot, and so on.)
* Balance the beanbag on your head. (Review the meaning of "balance,"
if necessary.)
* Balance it on another part of your body (hand, foot, shoulder).
* Show other ways to balance the beanbag.
More to do
Try each segment of the activity with a partner, finding ways to pick up and
balance the beanbag together.
