How to Teach Golf in Your Classroom

One of my students' favorite thematic units during our year together is our Golf Unit. It addresses all standards and the kids have a blast!

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Create a golf mural.
2. Play a sight word memory game with golf balls that have been cut in half.
3. Play golf bingo, which is available for free on my website (see Resources below).
4. Build a putting green in class. If you can't build one, you can easily buy one at your local golf shop.
5. Create some golf art projects.
6. Have the kids cut out pictures from golf magazines or catalogs and place them next to corresponding words.
7. Buy "Golfy," a golf game with miniature players that use marbles.
8. Have the kids putt each day of the unit.
9. Let the parents putt in class. It always amazes me how many dads will walk their kids to school when they are presented with the opportunity to sink a putt in front of them.
10. Buy golf books like "P is for Putt."