There’re How Old? What Do I Do Now?!Jaime McVeyKAHPERD 2013
Games for Motor Learning-Dienstmann
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NAME OF ACTIVITY: Asteroids and Ankle biters
GRADE LEVEL:K-12
EQUIPMENT NEEDED:Swim noodles (1/2 noodle) for about half the class.
HIGHLIGHTS:Running,dodging, evading, Fencing lead-up?
INSTRUCTIONS:Designate half the class to be asteroids (theyhave a swim noodle), and the other half to be anklebiters. This is a good shorttime game to get the kids moving.
The asteroids are standing, and theanklebiters are seated stationary on the floor. On the signal to begin, theasteroids can attack any other asteroid by trying to tag them below the waistwith their swim noodle. When an asteroid gets tagged, they must toss theirnoodle in the air or to a nearby anklebiter. Once the anklebiter has a noodle,he/she may enter stand and begin attacking other asteroids. Game continues fora designated time, or until the students are worn out.
HELPFUL HINTS: If a noodle lands where no anklebiter can reach, then I allow the anklebiter to crawl to the noodle. Stress the importance of honesty in being tagged. This is another game where you can add an exercise upon being tagged.
Chip Candy
Preschool Aerobic Fun-KIMBO
Moving Everyday-Song
Exercise: March, Jump, Slide, Gallop, Tiptoe, Skip, and Walk to the days of the week. Follow the directions in the song.
Brain Boggie Booster- Learning Station and Dr. Becky Bailey
Move and Freeze- Follow the directions in the song. Stop and go songs stimulate the frontal lobes of the brain. The frontal lobes allow us to set and achieve goals, and have impulse control and empathy for others.
Chuck the Chicken-Everybody Move by CIRA Ontario
Objective: To obtain as many points as possible by running laps around teammates
Players: Any number, although a large group(class) is best
Equipment: A rubber chicken
Instructions:
- Divide players into two teams start at one end of the gym in their respective lines.
- Team A throws the rubber chicken.
- Team B runs after it, gets in a line, and the first person to grab it passes the rubber chicken over and under until it reaches the end of the line.
- Meanwhile, the player from team A who throws the chicken has to run around her team. One lap equals one point.
- When team B reaches the end of their line, it is their turn to throw the rubber chicken, and team A has to run after it.
Jake the Snake-Sublette Elementary
Equipment: a long rope with a sock tied to the end. Inside the sock is a beanbag.
Objective of the game is not to get touched by the beanbag and be the last one standing.
Students gather in a circle with the teacher in the middle. The teacher swings “Jake the Snake”(rope) on the ground in a circle having the students jump over it. If a student gets tagged they are out and must walk the baseline on the basketball court until the game is over. This continues until there is one left.
Jump Rope Chants
Bubble gum, bubble gum, in a dish
How many pieces do you wish?
1, 2, 3, 4…
Cinderella dresses in yella,
Went up stairs to kiss a fella,
Made a mistake,
Kissed a snake,
How many pieces did it take?
1, 2, 3, 4 …
I like coffee,
I like tea,
How many boys(girls) have a crush on me?
1, 2, 3, 4 …
Raspberry, strawberry, apple jam tart,
Tell me the name of your sweetheart,
A, b, c, d, …
Must name a sweetheart who name starts with the letter you tripped on.
Peel a banana upside down,
See if you can touch the ground,
If you spell your name correct,
You will get another chance…
(Jumper starts spelling their name, if they mess up, it is the other jumpers turn.)