Imagine if you could create your own hockey line-up? What type of players would you want in each position? Of course they need to be strong and quick, but what else? In groups, create a line-up of Hockey Cards for your Dream Team!
Here’s a fun activity for kids who can’t get enough of sports…and who could talk about their last match for 45 minutes straight. BUT it’s also a good activity to get them thinking about their values while developing vocabulary, arts/crafts skills and maybe even numeracy!
Materials:
Regular or Construction Paper cut into 4 pieces
Scissors
Markers/Pencils/Crayons
Activity:
Start the activity by engaging your kids with the task of having the best possible line-up. Ask them what they would need to look for when building their roster. Expect to here things like “fast!” “a good shooter!” “never lets the puck in!”
But what other things are super important that maybe they forgot? Maybe the goalie needs to be OBSERVANT. The Captain of the team should be a good LEADER. What does “leader” mean?
Show them real hockey cards or ask them to think about them. What other things are on them?
1. Statistics! A perfect goalie lets 0% of the shots in. What does 0% mean? If there were 7 shots on net and the goalie let in 0%, how many did shots did he save?
2. Personal Information! Let the kids get creative. Where is he/she from? What does he/she look like? (draw him!)
Together, make a team the Habs would be JEALOUS of!
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