Everyone loves the basketball unit! Especially the Pre-K class! I made a special hoop just for them! I searched my equipment room for items that I could make a hoop with, and found an old equipment bag and old hula hoop. I made a few snips and cuts here and there, taped up the hoop there and here and voila…a homemade basketball hoop!
Mrs. H's homemade bball hoop!
Now, the only thing I need to do is figure out how to support it horizontally instead of it hanging vertically from the big hoop! The preschoolers were so excited because it felt like a real hoop! They were doing some sweet jump shots, lay-ups and even a slam dunk now and then!
K-5th grade are working on their upper body arm streght and trying to make a big hoop! Even if the K-2nd graders hit the backboard, rim or net, I count it as a point! If they make the hoop, it’s 2 points!
Some fun games we’ve played so far are take away, hot shot, make it take it and dodge the defender!
Here are some cool videos of slam dunks!
Lisa Leslie, First woman in the WNBA to dunk:
Here are some of Michael Jordan’s best dunks!
Here is a high school girl, Britney Griner dunking!
Here are some kids dunking at an NBA game:
