Materials: none
1. Divide the children into teams with five or six players on each.
2. Have the players line up single file behind a line and run one at
a time to a designated point and back. The first player tags the second
player, who then runs the distance.
3. The first team to have all players run is the winner.
under their legs. The last person runs to the front of the line and
continues passing over and under. When the first person is in his or her original position, their team wins the game. Relays where children must dribble a ball, kick a ball, or throw a ball into a target can also be played.
hands and feet), bears (on all fours), birds (flapping arms), monkeys (scratching sides), or elephants (swinging arms like a trunk.)
team. The first player puts the clothes on, runs to a designated point, takes the clothes off, then runs and gives the clothes to the second person.
or do other movements.
with their toes, carry it to a basket, and drop it in.
without dropping it.
Materials: ball, whistle
1. Children stand in a circle and pass around the ball (hot potato).
2. When you blow the whistle, the child holding the ball must leave
the circle.
3. The game is played until there is just one child left standing.
* This game can be adapted easily to play inside. Have the children
sit in a circle and pass a beanbag while you play music. When the
music stops, the one holding the beanbag is out of the game.
Materials: none
1. Children line up with their backs to a wall.
2. One person is "mother" and stands about 30 feet in front of the
others.
3. One at a time "mother" names a child and tells them a different
motion they must perform. For example, baby steps, scissor steps, twirls,
giant steps, or frog leaps. The child must remember to ask, "Mother,
may I?" before performing the movement or he or she is sent back to the
starting line.
4. The first one to reach "mother" becomes the next "mother."