{"id":2183,"date":"2014-02-20T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-02-20T12:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2023-01-25T21:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T21:49:29","slug":"7-ideas-for-engaging-kids-during-march-madness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/7-ideas-for-engaging-kids-during-march-madness\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ideas for Engaging Kids During March Madness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SmallBasketballImage.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2187\" alt=\"Andersons_MarchMadness\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/SmallBasketballImage.gif\" width=\"166\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>March is an exciting time of year because of all the NCAA March Madness games. Bring that excitement into your schools&#8211;and pump it up even more&#8211;with these ideas to keep your students engaged and involved.<\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #1: Have a Pep Rally.<br \/>\n<\/b>A pep rally is always a great way to kids excited. Use your March Madness pep rally to spotlight your boys and girls basketball teams.<\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #2: Hold tournament games during lunch hours.<br \/>\n<\/b>During lunch hours, hold silly tournament games like Name That Tune, tricycle races, or a limbo contest. Reward winners with prizes like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Spirit\">EyeBlacks<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Spirit\">sport balls.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #3: Have a dress up day<br \/>\n<\/b>Dress Up Day can be anything from formal attire to kids wearing their favorite team jerseys or college basketball team colors.<\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #4: Give out fun spirit favors.<br \/>\n<\/b>Hand out spirit favors like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Spirit\">temporary tattoos<\/a> or mustache stickers to get your students excited to cheer on the team during the game.<\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #5: Have a cause event like a Pink Out.<br \/>\n<\/b>Designate one March day for a cause event like a breast cancer Pink Out or to stand against cyber bullying. A good cause is a great way to bring your entire school together.<\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #6:\u00a0 Basketball trivia game during lunch hour.<br \/>\n<\/b>Put together a college basketball trivia game &#8212; game show-style &#8212; during lunch hour! Kids will love testing their b-ball knowledge during March Madness.<\/p>\n<p><b>Idea #7: Basketball scavenger hunt game.<br \/>\n<\/b>Hide lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Spirit\">basketball stickers<\/a> around school. Announce the scavenger hunt over the PA. Kids will love hunting for the stickers.<\/p>\n<p>Share your March Madness ideas! We\u2019d love to hear them<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is an exciting time of year because of all the NCAA March Madness games. Bring that excitement into your<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,19,28,37],"tags":[204,274,313,314,454,469],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-contests","category-elementary-school","category-middle-school","category-school-spirit","category-student-engagement","tag-engaging-students","tag-high-school-march-madness","tag-march-madness","tag-march-madness-activities","tag-school-activities-for-march-madness","tag-school-pride"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4596,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions\/4596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}