WOW Game Title: Even/Odd Math Dribble
Content Area: Math
TEKS Focus: Counting to 100
Patterns
Physical Education Unit: Ball Handling
Grade: Kinder
Resource: PE Central, www.pecentral.org
Equipment/Materials: 1 playground ball per student, stop watch.
Set Up: Students are in scattered formation
Activity:
Kinder students will dribble the ball – catch and bounce with two hands, advanced
students will dribble with one hand. Explain the difference between dominant (the hand
you use the most) and non-dominant (the other) hands. On the teacher’s command, the
students either catch or bounce with two hands or dribble with their dominant hand
(advanced students) while reciting the even numbers. The teacher can use a stop watch to
see what number they get to in 30 seconds. The student then switches to their nondominant hand and dribbles while reciting the even numbers for 30 seconds. The teacher
walks around to check individual students.
Variations
 Put students in pairs. Have one partner count the number of times the other
student is dribbling.
 Students dribble with dominant hand while counting odd numbers.
 Students dribble with non-dominant hand while counting odd numbers.
 Students skip count (2’s, 3’s, 5’s, 10’s).
 Students count to 100.
Review Questions:
Skill focus: Was it easier to dribble with your dominant hand or your nondominant hand?
Academic focus: Did you count more even numbers or odd numbers in 30
seconds?