Tossing Activity
Overview
A ball toss stimulates blood flow and activates several brain areas, which in turn increases energy levels and recall for learning.
Example: Use This Strategy In in the Classroom
Design It into Your Product
Use It in the Classroom
Watch how this elementary classroom teacher uses a tossing activity to practice Vocabulary. During this activity, students focus their Attention on the ball and speaker while quickly recalling antonyms.
Design It into Your Product
See how Super Why! Phonics Fair includes a wonder words ball toss game to encourage Decoding and Sight Recognition. As learners throw word balls to the corresponding pictures, they develop their Vocabulary and Decoding skills.
Additional Resources
Additional examples, research, and professional development. These resources are possible representations of this strategy, not endorsements.
Factors Supported by this Strategy
More Multisensory Supports Strategies
Audiobooks allow students to hear fluent reading and to experience books above their reading skills.
A guided reading strip helps students focus by keeping their place as they read.
Providing physical representations of concepts helps learners activate mental processes.
Connecting information to music and/or dance moves enhances memory by drawing on auditory processes and the cognitive benefits of physical activity.
Using earplugs or headphones can increase focus and comfort.
Incorporating multiple senses with strategies like chewing gum, using a vibrating pen, and sitting on a ball chair supports focus and Attention.
Transforming written text into audio activates different parts of the brain to support learning.
Research shows physical activity improves learner focus and creativity.
A web dictionary can serve as a resource for students to expand their Vocabulary knowledge.
