American Football Unit w/ Free Printables

When I think of Fall, I think of apples, pumpkins, squirrels, and FOOTBALL!!!

Dinomite has started to show an interest in sports, specifically football.  My husband, Jason is eating this up.  

We couldn't resist putting together an American football unit with free printables.  The kiddos have loved it. It's amazing how much you can learn through sports.

A special thanks to my husband for all of his work and creativity in this unit.  I enjoy football, but I don't begin to come close to knowing as much as he does.

Here are our football themed activities!

American Football Unit with Free Printables

Football Spelling Activity

The kiddos will use the stamps and ink pad to spell their new spelling words on small slips of paper provided.

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Language Printable Pack is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Football Compound Words

The kiddos will create compound words, using the matching strips provided.

Source: Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Language Printable Pack is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Football Sentence Diagramming

Using the control provided, the kiddos will put the words of each sentence in order, and then place the corresponding Montessori grammar symbols above the correct words.

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Language Printable Pack is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Football Addition

The kiddos will answer the problems on each card, using the brown glass beads as markers, and the helmets as counters.

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Math Printable Pack is is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Greater Than/Less Than Football Cards

The kiddos will use the green glass beads as markers to answer the greater than/less than problems on each of the cards provided.

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Math Printable Pack is is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Football Points Skip Counting

The kiddos will practice skip counting by 3's (field goals), and 6's (touchdowns).  I've provided Montessori Beads as a control.  Princess is very excited to have pink and purple beads as part of a football unit.  Lol.

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Math Printable Pack is is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Football Word Problems

The kiddos will mark the answer to each word problem using a glass bead.  The beads can also be used as counters when needed.

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Math Printable Pack is is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Who's Who in Football?

Jason did a fabulous job creating cards with different players, their number, position, and team.  The kiddos should have a lot of fun matching up all of the info. (These cards were made to reflect who plays in the NFL in 2014)

Source:  Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Culture Printable Pack is is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Football Position Match Up

Dinomite is trying to understand all of the different positions in football, and what each player does.  Jason created these fabulous cards to help him learn everything.  

The kiddos can use the cards to play memory, or they can simply match up the player position cards with definition cards.

A football formation diagram has been included to help the kiddos understand where each play may stand.  There are several different formations, football players could use.  This is only one of them.

Source: Jason and I created the printable for this activity. The American Football Unit Culture Printable Pack is is a subscriber's only freebie. For your free copy, follow the directions at the bottom of this post. 

Puzzle of the USA

The kiddos will use the puzzle to help them practice remembering where each state is located in the USA, and where their favorite football teams are located.

Football Invitation to Play

I am so excited about this activity.  The kiddos can use green play dough to create a football field.  A control has been provided.  

Different sized lollipop sticks can be used as lines on the field.  

Yard lines can be marked using the number stamps.  Wooden player figures can be placed on the field to set up any play they choose.  

Footballs have been provided for obvious reasons.

If the kiddos would prefer to make something else, chocolate scented play dough has been provided to make footballs etc.  

The white lollipop sticks can be used to make the laces.  I'm sure they kiddos will come up several other ideas as well using a variety of the materials provided.

Football Sensory Bin

While others wait for the invitation to play, I felt it only fair to provide a football sensory bin.

Contents include:

• Dried Split Peas
• Dried Red Kidney Beans
• Fabric Leaves
• Acorns
• Wooden Footballs
• Plastic NFL Helmets

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