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Game Day

Language: English

In the book Game Day, NFL superstar twin brothers Tiki and Ronde Barber share the story of how, as youngsters, they learned that success is built on team effort. In following athletes train for, play and enjoy a variety of sports, we learn that every player on a team has a special role in contributing to the success of the group.

Here are activities to do after watching this episode:

Invent a game

Gather a collection of items that would normally be recycled or discarded and invent a family game using them for equipment.

You will need:

  • boxes of different shapes and sizes (empty boxes for cereal, Jello, crackers, etc.)
  • cardboard rolls
  • plastic margarine tubs
  • plastic bottles
  • string, glue, tape
  • junk mail scrunched into a ball
  • almost anything!


Use your imagination in deciding the rules of play and how the game is scored -- make rules for team play as well as individual competitors.
Pack all the game equipment in a box or bag along with a copy of the rules so that the “_________ Family Game” can be enjoyed over and over.

  

Sports Collage

You will need:

  • magazines containing pictures of people engaging in all sorts of indoor and outdoor sports activities, the sports section of newspapers, catalogs that have a sports equipment section
  • scissors and glue
  • large piece of paper or poster board for mounting pictures

Make a sports collage – cut and paste pictures of athletes and sports equipment from magazines, newspapers, and catalogs. (It’s not important to choose well-known professionals.) Look for sports that have child participants as well.
Be creative! Cut the pictures in unusual designs and experiment with unique arrangements before gluing.

Get to know a sports hero

  • Have everyone in the family name their favorite sports figures.
  • Go to the library and check out biographies of these favorite athletes.
  • Read to find out where they came from, what their childhood years were like, how they got started in their sport, any obstacles they overcame, and other interesting facts.

Check out some of these books on your
next trip to the library:

  • The Blue Ribbon Day by Katie Couric
  • Winners Never Quit by Mia Hamm
  • Pecorino Plays Ball by Alan Madison

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