Homemade Equipment:
During the summer break make sure to look for ways to add basic homemade equipment for your curriuculum use such as:
Dryer sheet tubes - use for relay sticks
Dryer sheets(used) - for juggling -like scarves
Golf tubes - javelin or place over traffic cones for hurdling skills
Ditto paper wads- use with tape for a safe throwing and catching piece with younger students
Balloons- write words or numbers on them for integration activities
Film canisters - place paper clips , money or any object for your office
Paper plates - frisbees or bases(write words/questions on the opposite side and if there is an out - answer a question to be "safe"
Shoe boxes- use as skates for a hockey or Olympic unit
Cardboard slats- use as skiis
Carpet squares- use as skates or movement exploration
Plungers- use as ski poles while sitting on a scooter for slolom races in the winter unit
Duct tape - refer to my homepage at http://members.tripod.com/cernicky.g/resources/index.html