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SKITTLES

For this activity you will need a soft ball and masking
tape.

• Children will need their 6 bricks and a ball, e.g.
tennis ball.
• Children work in groups of 6. Each child stacks
their 6 bricks on top of each other to make a
skittle.
• Create a “bowling alley” in the classroom or
area with smooth flooring. There must be a
demarcated line from which the children will ‘bowl’
the ball and a line approximately 5 metres away
showing where the skittles must be arranged.
• The skittles are placed in a formation. Each child
has a turn to try and knock the skittles over by
bowling the ball underhand along the ground.
They can begin by having 2 turns each to knock
the skittles over.

Variations:

• Target practice - children arrange their skittle
in a line. Using a paper ball or softer ball they
must aim and try to knock the skittles over.
Depending on the number of skittles displayed,
the child has that many chances to knock them
over. E.g. If there are 5 skittles then he / she
has 5 chances to knock them over.

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