Using a bright color will make the can impossible to miss and extra exciting to play with. A good game for the bossy students in your class—students request to take five steps forward, hop forward on one foot, etc. If you can find a quiet, safe area and get permission to use blindfolds, this tag variation adds a new level of challenge when the person who is it has a blindfold on.
Learn more: Kidspot. A new twist on a classic, shadow tag is the perfect activity to shake up sunny days and get students moving. Learn more: Welcome to Room 2. Capture the Flag is an all-time favorite outdoor game for most kids. Learn more: LiveAbout. The person who is it gets three tries to guess who took an eraser, or other object that stands in as the bone, from under their chair.
Learn more: Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls. This outdoor dodgeball game is a clever revamp of traditional dodgeball. You can even play it outside with your class without worrying about runaway balls. Your classroom. A flick to the palm of the hand. You must be logged in to post a comment.
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Challenge them to count how many times they can clap before catching it! Hint: If they have trouble gripping the ball, simply deflate it a bit. How it promotes learning : You can probably guess that this game teaches counting and social interaction skills. Koscinski explains that catching a ball using both hands also teaches bilateral integration, a necessary skill for learning tasks such as cutting, buttoning and tying shoes.
How it works : Gardening is connected with loads of developmental, physical and even psychological benefits for children. How it promotes learning : All that digging and pulling is great for sensory exploration as well as building hand and finger strength, explains Kiley.
How it works : Get creative with pool noodles and design an obstacle course. Lay them on the ground, cut them in half, attach them to a fence or hang them from a branch. Challenge your kids to jump over them, limbo under them, crawl around them or walk on them like a balance beam. How it promotes learning : Getting up and moving helps kids build core muscle strength. Koscinksi explains that this will later be used for completing school tasks seated at the desk.
How it works : Nature offers plenty of discoveries for kids. Help them explore by encouraging them to find certain types of leaves, bugs, rocks and flowers. How it promotes learning : A nature hike encourages observation skills, fine-motor skills, hand-eye coordination and the use of the five senses in exploring, according to Barbara Harvey, author of Journeys Through Parenthood and executive director of Parents, Teachers, and Advocates.
How it promotes learning : Critter Quest improves eye movement and tracking, plus it can be used to strengthen vocabulary, letter recognition and phonetics. How it works : Koscinski suggests using sidewalk chalk to write numbers and letters in different colors. How it promotes learning : This activity helps develop gross-motor skills, counting skills and letter, number and color recognition. How it works : Head outside with some music and host a dance party. How it promotes learning : Kids get to practice following simple instructions while being active.
Kiley adds that the dance actions help them develop body awareness, coordination and balance. This game can be played on any flat surface, indoors or out. The player scatters the jacks on the playing surface, often by just tossing them out of one hand, as if rolling dice.
The ball is then tossed up, is allowed to bounce once, and is caught before the second bounce. The player tries to scoop up jacks and catch the ball with one hand before the ball's second bounce. The number of jacks to be picked up goes in order.
First you pick up one "onesies" , then two "twosies" , then three and so on. There are many variations to the rules of this game including things like "pigs in the pen" and "double bounces.
Number of Players : Any, taking turns. Equipment : A set of jacks and a small rubber ball. The general rules specify that you draw a circle in the sand or on the sidewalk, and then take turns trying to knock each other's marbles out of the circle with your one large marble.
As with the other games, there are countless variations. I haven't played this game at length, though, because I always seem to hurt myself flicking the large marble into the ring!
You can also use a marble mat which contains different point zones. Number of Players : At least two. Equipment : Chalk, large and small marbles. With enough room, this game can easily be played inside. One person is the traffic light at one end, and the other players are at the other end. When the traffic light faces the group, he or she says, "Red light!
The traffic light then turns his or her back and says, "Green light! The traffic light turns around quickly, again saying, "Red light! The first person to tag the traffic light wins and gets to be the next traffic light. This game is set up in the same way as Red Light Green Light.
One person in the group asks the person in the front, "Mother, may I take steps forward? Again, the first person to tag the person in the front wins and is the next person in the front. This game can be played anywhere, even in a car or other small space.
One person is Simon and starts by saying, "Simon says, '[insert action here]'. However, if Simon makes an action request without saying, "Simon says" to begin the request, anyone who does that action is out. The last person still playing in the end will be Simon for the next round. It seems that everyone knows how to play tag, but just in case it wasn't in your childhood game playing repertoire, here is how you play.
A group of kids decides who will start out as being "it. The newly tagged person is now "it. The game ends when everyone is tired of playing. Number of Players : Any size group. In this fun version of Tag, you tag each other's shadow with your feet instead of tagging their body. Thus, it must be played on a sunny day. The closer to noon, the greater the difficulty.
This is a variation of Tag where if the person who is "it" tags you, you have to freeze where you are. Another participant can tag you to unfreeze you. A variation of Freeze Tag where the person unfreezing the frozen player has to call out a TV show title.
That show then can't be used again during that game. This variation of tag is played in a swimming pool. Whoever is "it" closes their eyes and yells "Marco! Equipment : A swimming pool. A favorite game in Tudor and Victorian England, this game is yet another variation on tag. The person who is "it" wears a blindfold and tries to tag the other players. Be sure to play this in an area safe from obstructions and other hazards. Equipment : A blindfold.
Divide everyone into two teams, each forming a long line, holding hands, facing the other team. The two teams should be around 20 or so feet apart. The teams take turn calling out, "Red Rover, Red Rover, let come over! If they break through, they get to take someone back to their team. If they don't, they join the new team.
When a team only has one person left, that person tries to break through the other team. If they do not, then their team loses. If they do, they gain a player and play continues. Number of Players : Any decent size group. Dating back to at least the s, this game is one we played in elementary school. In my experience, it was usually done in the classroom with everyone at their desk. To start the game, seven players go to the front and the teacher says, "Heads down, thumbs up!
The seven kids that were at the front go around and each press one person's thumb down. Then they all go back to the front of the room and the teacher says, "Heads up, seven up! Each in turn names the person they think pressed down their thumb. If they are correct, they change places with the presser.
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