Curling Flashcard for Preschoolers
A big polished stone, a sheet of ice and two friends sweeping like mad — curling is bowls on ice, the gentlest loud sport there is.
Say it together
“Curling is sliding a big smooth stone on the ice toward the rings — and your friends sweep the ice in front to make it go further! Sweep sweep sweep!”
Say it naturally, then wait. Whatever comes back — the word, the sound, a point, a giggle — is the right answer.
Try this
Kitchen curling: slide a plastic lid or a bean bag across the smooth floor toward a paper-plate target, and let the "sweepers" fan the floor in front of it with a tea towel. The sweeping genuinely helps — and that is the joke.
Quick parent note
Curling is the aiming card wearing a team jersey: the slide aims, but the sweepers decide how far. No other sport lets your friends change your throw after you let go.
Teach it, step by step
Want the full walkthrough? Open the Curling lesson on the Learning Path.
From the Sports, Movement & Play (Class 37) class on the Learning Path.
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