Catch the Monkey Throwing and Catching Game
Spunky Funky Monkeys is a PE lesson plan and team game in which two troops throw and catch a ball over a net, earning banana tokens for each successful catch-and-return.

- Grades
- Not Grade Specific
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- P.E. & Health, Physical Education
- Topic
- monkeys, baseball
- Resource types
- Games, Activities
- Preparation
- Print ready
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What's inside this resource
Throwing and Catching Monkey Game Students will have a blast learning about monkeys while improving their throwing, catching, and tracking skills with this engaging game. The thorough lesson plan outlines everything educators need to implement this lively large-group activity in their physical education curriculum. Detailed visual layouts, student-friendly informational reading passages, and clearly outlined instructions make set-up and execution a breeze. Children will get their heart rates up as they run, dodge, and react during this active game that develops hand-eye coordination, cardiovascular fitness, and teamwork. Skills can be tailored to class ability levels. Use it as a stand-alone activity or unit extension. This game is a student-approved way to encourage health and learning.
In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Throw and catch a ball across a net in a team game
- Track a moving ball to complete a catch-and-return exchange
- Share a fact about monkeys with a small group
Teaching tips
- Gather the equipment ahead of time: a volleyball net, several balls, cones, two colors of pinnies and tokens such as popsicle sticks to stand in for bananas.
- Following the plan's modification notes, throwing distances can be shortened or lengthened to match students' age and skill.
Skills covered
- Throwing and catching — sending the ball over the net and returning it to earn tokens
- Tracking — following the ball's path to get in position for a catch
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Concepts & topics
Core concepts
- Throwing
- Catching
- Teamwork
- Monkeys
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