Have you got some party cups lying around your home? There are many things that you can do with drinking cups including vertical bowling. In this activity, we are going to stack the cups in a pyramid formation and then encourage your child to bowl them over. This activity is great for both indoors and/or outdoors.
 

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Engaging with your child: 

You can start this activity by announcing, “I have a fun game idea for us to play today.” Together you can choose a space and set up the cups.  "We are going to build a pyramid with these cups and then try to knock it over with the ball. This game is called bowling.”   Demonstrate how to bowl the cups over and ask your child to try it next.  You can increase the difficulty by moving the start line further back or try a variation that encourages your child to kick the ball to knock over the cup pyramid. Don’t forget to encourage your child throughout this activity “You built the pyramid all by yourself!” Or, ”You knocked down 6 cups this time, wow!”