WOW Game Title: Dribbling Math
Content Area: Math
TEKS Focus: More or fewer
Addition and Subtraction
Time
Physical Education Unit: Ball Handling
Grade: Kinder
Resource: PE Central, www.pecentral.org
Equipment/Materials: 1 ball for every student, a deck of cards (1-10 only)
Set Up: Every student except 2-3 (depending on the number of students in your class) has a ball.
Students without a ball stand by the teacher. The rest of the students are in scattered formation within a
25’ x 25’ area.
Activity:
On the teacher’s command, students begin dribbling a ball (bounce and catch or dribble with dominant
hand, dribble alternating hands for advanced students). The 2-3 students who do not have a ball, go to
the teacher. The teacher holds up 2 cards from the deck and the students must add, subtract or multiply
the numbers on the cards, and give the correct answer to the teacher. Once they have the correct answer,
the student then goes into the playing area and trades places with another student. (Boys choose girls,
girls choose boys; students should choose a different student each time.) The student chosen must go to
the teacher to get 2 cards to add or subtract and tell the teacher the correct answer. The students without
balls will change frequently, so everyone should get an opportunity to answer math questions and to
dribble a ball. The game continues until the teacher signals to stop. On the teacher’s signal, the students
freeze. If there are any students who have not had an opportunity to answer math problems, the teacher
should then select them to come answer questions.
Variations:
 Have students tell time
 Have students identify geometric shapes (sheet provided) and point to an identical geometric
shape from their surroundings
 Students could skip-count by (2’s, 3,’s, 5’s, 10’s) or count to 100 while dribbling
Review Questions:
Skill focus: Where should your eyes be focused while dribbling?
Academic focus: What is 3 - 1?
1.
2.
12:20
4:00
5:00
3.
3:00
12:10
2:00
10:00
12:20
11:00
12:30
6:30
6:00
12:15
3:00
1:00
4.
12:15
9:00
12:00
6.
5.
7:00
8:00
12:30
8.
7.
4:00
12:25
5:00