Build and Destroy (At Home)

Set up:

• Find a safe area that you can throw in
• Gather household items that can be stacked and thrown at (e.g., toilet paper rolls, boxes, toys, pillows)

Description:

• Use the items you have gathered to build a tower to aim at
• Once you have built your tower, stand an appropriate distance away and throw at the tower
• Count how many throws it takes you to knock down the whole tower
• Once you have destroyed your tower, build a new one

Variations:

• Have different 'levels' that become more difficult (i.e. start easy at level 1, a bit harder at level 2, and so on)
• Change the distance that you throw from
• Change the object/ball that you are throwing

Teaching points:

Throwing:

• Ready: stand side-onlike a surfer
• Aim: make a muscle man (throwing arm bent up above shoulder), point non-throwing arm at target
• Fire: step forward with opposite foot and throw