To start the game, have the runners start at one end of the gym. Have the alligators on their stomachs in the middle of the gym. They will need to run past the alligators in the middle of the gym who will try to reach out and touch the runners. Any runner who gets caught by an alligator should sit on the floor. The runners who make it to the other end of the gym without getting caught by an alligator are the winners. After round one, have the students switch roles for round two.
Amoeba Tag is a game that most kids love. It is very easy to play and it involves running, stopping, and changing directions. Each of these is great warm-up exercises. Each student that the amoeba tags must hold hands with one of the amoebae and they will all need to run together to tag the other students.
The game is over when there are no free students left. For older children, you can add one additional rule. The amoeba can split up but only in pairs of two. This will make it easier for the amoeba to catch the students as they spread out. This is a great warm-up exercise for kids of all ages. Start by having the students stand in a circle. Choose one leader and have them go to the middle of the circle. It is up to the leader to do one exercise and the rest of the class will follow.
The exercise can be anything from jumping jacks to sit-ups. Allow the kids to do the exercise to 20 to 30 seconds and blow the whistle. The leader will then choose a new leader to come up with their own exercise for the class to do. You can play this game until every student has had a chance to be the leader. The number of repetitions they must perform increases every time they get the answer wrong. So, the game might go like this:. PE Teacher: No! Do 3 pushups everyone. Next question please Sam.
Do 5 pushups everyone. Next question please Rebecca. PE Teacher: Yes! It is partially made from wood. Next question please Mark. This is a challenging game that will test the fitness of students and force them to work as a team. Divide the class into teams of at least 5 people each. Have each team line up alongside each other in separate rows and nominate a finish line for the race. They will move to the front of their team closest to the finish line and enter into plank position.
This is repeated until the group reaches the finish line. This is a super fun PE game that young children will love. The objective of funny running is to get from one side of the gymnasium to the other while running like an animal. You can choose a different animal for each pass, including monkeys, snakes, horses, and kangaroos. You can also have the kids run across the gymnasium while performing a funny dance like the Floss Dance or teach them some disco moves.
Put some catch music on and they will have the time of their lives as they exercise! Have the kids line up against one wall of the gymnasium or on a boundary line of the sporting field. This exhausting game will help you discover which kids are the fastest in the class.
Have your students line up against a wall of the gymnasium. Eventually, you will only have a small number of children left in the group. Bookmark our website for more fun PE activities for kids.
Disclosure: This post may contain affiliate links, meaning I get a commission if you decide to purchase through my links, at no cost to you. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Read the full disclosure here. Scrub the deck The crew must do 10 pushups Man the lifeboats The crew will perform 10 sit-ups while moving their arms like oars You could have the crew members stand at attention after completing each task, which will make the more competitive students attempt to beat each other.
Pete: Is it an animal? In a nutshell: Remember the telephone game? Start with something rather easy like crossing your arms and let the movement travel around the circle. You can also make it a bit more difficult and ask the little ones to not only remember the previous movement but also add their own and create a sequence. As circle time games tend to be used quite often, keep the boredom away by replacing the movement with something else, like a melody on a simple instrument, a clap, a squeeze or a smile.
In a nutshell: A classic childhood game many can probably still recall from long hours spent on a car trip. If it gets too complicated for the little ones, you can just change the rules so that everyone lists one object without repeating the previous ones. In a nutshell: This game is a good opportunity to practice turn taking and attention skills. Take a colour spinner like the one from Twister or DIY using the instructions from the link above.
Let each kid in the circle spin the arrow and find something in the room that matches the colour it shows. Make it a rule that the items should not be repeated so that the little players focus when others take their turns.
Guidance from the Danish Health Ministry, translated in full to English. The full recommendations from a working group of over 70 nursery chains in the UK. Please note: here at Famly we love sharing creative activities for you to try with the children at your setting, but you know them best. Take the time to consider adaptions you might need to make so these activities are accessible and developmentally appropriate for the children you work with.
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Improve your early years practice Every week, we'll send you expert early years insights , resources, tips and inspiration straight to your inbox. Login Get a demo. Then do it again. This is a great activity that can be adapted in many ways, and is one that I play a lot, possibly the most out of this article. Have a puppet, and it is good to have some sort of story. For example, the puppet is happy because his friend has shared their toys. You basically have some sort of them.
The puppet might be sad for a reason, or worried, or anything like that. Pass the puppet round, and everyone says one thing that makes them happy, or sad, or appreciative of a friend, or whatever the theme is.
The matching socks game is a great example of this. The idea is that you have lots of pairs of socks. The sock pairs all need to be a different design, and you need at least one sock per child. This gets them thinking about color and pattern. The very simplest way of playing this game is to have one ball. All you do is pass the ball around the circle.
The slightly harder version of this game is to have several balls. You pass these round the circle! This game is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to ball games that preschoolers love. This is not as easy as it sounds!
The next stage of this game is to have two colors of balls. For example, have three blue balls and three yellow balls. The blue balls are going to go one direction, and the yellow balls are going to go in the opposite direction. See how you get on! The tricky bit is that some children will get two balls at once. They will have to switch them over to keep them going. This takes a lot of teamwork and cooperation!
It also is good for conflict resolution, as some children will naturally get it wrong, and you will be encouraging children to support each other. If you liked the sound of these simple ball games, you will be pleased to know that I have written 30 Preschool Ball Games for The Whole Curriculum.
There is a host of ball games for math, phonics, physical development and more — the whole curriculum. Why not take a look? The idea of this game is that all children close their eyes. This is the tricky bit! They have to try and do it properly, and no cheating!
Then tap one child on the shoulder. That child is going to go and hide somewhere where the others cannot see them. Eye contact is a massive target for so many children, and this game really helps this skill. Looking for more eye contact games? There is a version of this missing child game using a parachute. In that version the children sit around the edge of a parachute that is on the floor. They close their eyes, and you tap one child on the shoulder. They go under the chute and sit in the middle of it.
This is a bit like Chinese whispers, but with an object. Have a mystery object in a bag or box or even an envelope. The object is just to really focus the attention of the children. Whisper what the object is to the child next to you, and they have to pass it round the circle whispering to each other as they go.
When they have gone all the way around, the last person guesses what it is. Open the box or bag and reveal have they got it right! In this you have a box, and inside the box is a mystery object. What you do is pass the box around and everyone gets to shake the box, hear what is inside and then guess what they think it is.
After you have passed it all the way around the circle, and everyone has guessed, then you are ready for the tricky bit. Children learn the most through play at this young age, but some well structured and engaging group games develop lots of skills that children can use in their play.
Skills such as eye contact, turn-taking and cooperating are the key elements of play. I'm a preschool and early years teacher of ten years experience, and I also run practical training courses for nurseries and schools. A transporting schema is an interest in carrying Orientation schemas are when children are interested in learning about how objects look from different angles. Do you have a child that enjoys lying with their head on the floor as they play with Skip to content In preschool fun and engaging circle games can teach many crucial skills that children can then use to deepen their play.
Missing Child Game Mystery Object Mystery Box Read on to find a detailed description of each, and really help to bring your preschool circle times to life!
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