Each Team Follows Its Ball

Children wear colored pinnies and the teacher rolls several balls at once; each group follows with eyes and feet only the ball of its color, ignoring the others. They practice tracking one moving object among distractions.

How to play

1. We hand out pinnies in two colors and show the balls: the red group follows the red ball and the blue group follows the blue (1 min).
2. The teacher rolls just one ball and its group walks after it until it stops and surrounds it; then the other one (2 min).
3. Now the teacher rolls both balls at once in different directions and each group runs after its own (4 min).
4. We add a "trick" ball in another color: no one follows it, it's left alone (3 min).
5. Each group passes its ball hand to hand back to the teacher, and we swap pinnies for next time (2 min).

Rules

• Follow the ball that matches your pinny.
• The other color isn't ours.
• When the ball stops, surround it without picking it up.

Variations

Adaptations

• Child who uses a wheelchair: their group rolls toward flat areas and everyone moves at the group's pace.
• Child with low vision: their ball has a bell inside and the others don't.
• Child who gets distracted: holds hands with a buddy wearing the same color.

Learning goals

• Follow one specific object among several.
• Recognize their own group color.
• Move as a group without bumping.

Equipment for a class of 25

• pelotas de colores: 4
• petos de colores: 25

Teacher tip

Roll the balls in opposite directions so groups don't cross. Use very different colors, like red and blue, never red and orange.

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