Kristen Naylor

Lesson Plan
Making Balls
Small-Group Time Planning Form
Originating
Based on children's interest in playing with balls.
Idea
Materials

Balls of different sizes and shapes. Things that can make balls (sponges, fabric, paper
and tape).

Curriculum
KDIs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 17, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 55
Content
Beginning
Opening
Statement
Middle

Balls are fun to play with, so I thought today we could try making our own out of
different materials we find.

Earlier
Middle
Make simple and complex
What will
Make simple balls using the
balls from the materials. Be
children do?
materials.
able to make a ball from
multiple Strategies:
materials.
Strategies:
How will you
Help build new balls.
scaffold their
Demonstrate different types Help build the balls.
learning?
of balls that can be made.

Later
Play with the already made
balls, or with the balls made
by the other participants
Strategies:
Make different types and
textures of balls that the
children can play with.

End
warning and
Let's now take our balls we have made and see which ones do the best at rolling towards
transition to
(wherever the next activity will take place) so we can (state the next activity here).
next part of
routine
Follow-up
Ideas

Add the made balls into the room. Incorporate the items used to make the balls into
areas of the room.