My husband was looking forward to watching yesterday’s World Cup match between England & the U.S. I was looking forward to keeping my boys busy. They are budding soccer fans, but too young to sit and watch a match on TV. Yet they DID, with just a little bit of planning.
First, I declared it a “World Cup Party” and we made an indoor picnic lunch to eat during the game. For dessert, we included shortbread (for England) and red, white, and blue Little Debbie snack cakes (for the U.S.) Then I assigned a team to each child and gave them a scavenger hunt-type activity to do during the game. They had to color uniforms, write down player numbers (great for keeping the youngest boy busy), and check off penalties, headers, & goals on a chart. They quickly got into the spirit of the game and watched almost the whole thing!
Here’s a template that you can use with your family for upcoming games. Kids’ Soccer Game Fun Sheet
Enjoy the World Cup!
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Hi i am a child minder always looking for activities for the older children which is not always that easy,I was so glad i came across this site, What a wonderful football sheet we are doing all about the world cup and i am sure the older boys will have great fun in filling in the sheet great idea thanks:-)
Something different you may want to try is changing from an English channel to a Spanish channel to watch the game and see how your kids react to the Spanish announcers. They may take more interest in different languages.
I have my 5 y.o and 7 y.o design football jerseys with crayons on a big sheet of paper. I show them some of the South American teams for ideas.
They love it!
Great idea!