Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Fun PE Games



Here are some of my favorite games that I utilize in PE. They are all tag games and my students love them. If you have any questions just let me know. I use these games with students K-6 and they all love them. Wounded duck is definently the most popular though.

Octopus tag: Three people stand in the middle of the boundary area, the gym. The rest of the kids line up at an end of the bounds and when the taggers say go they all run to the other side of the bounds. Whoever the taggers tags then has to stay and help him, except that the additional people that are tagged have to sit down, and can only help "It" by using their arms. This goes back and forth until you’re down to the last person who then starts the next round. This game is fun when played with a lot of kids.

Line Tag: There are 2 or 3 taggers that try to get everyone out. Students have to stay on the lines that are marked on the floor. There is no jumping lines. To get on another line you have to go where the 2 lines join. When a student is tagged they sit on the sideline until 3 people remain untagged. Those 3 people are the new taggers.

Sharks and Minnows: You start with one tagger in the middle of the gym. When the tagger says “GO” the other students run from one side of the gym to the other trying not to get tagged. Everyone that the tagger tags has to walk to the middle of the gym and becomes a “Shark” as well. Once everyone is tagged you start a new game.

Wounded duck: Three people stand in the middle of the boundary area. The rest of the kids line up at the baseline of the Basketball court and when the Teacher says go they all run to the other side of the Court. When a student is tagged they have to sit down with their arms up. Students can get back in the game by being drug across the end boundary line. They have to drag the students the way that they are running. If they get tagged while dragging another person they have to sit down. Two people can drag one person and one person can drag two. Periodically stop the game and select new taggers or if everyone is sitting tagged start again with new taggers.

Tunnel Tag: Three people stand in the middle of the gym and are the taggers, when you say go they chase the other kids and try to tag them. The rest of the kids are free to run anywhere in the gym to avoid getting tagged. When a player is tagged they have to freeze standing up with their legs apart to form a tunnel. The other kids that haven’t been tagged yet can then crawl under the tunnel to unfreeze the frozen players. Let the game go until everyone is frozen (unlikely to happen) or until a few minutes has passed, and then pick new taggers.


Thanks

Chad
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 19, 2012 at 5:56 PM

    Great idea and thanks for sharing. Occasionally I have to fill in for PE when our teacher is out. Im filing these for sure~!

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  2. UnknownJuly 20, 2012 at 8:47 AM

    Those are great activities. Our students are required to have around 100 minutes of PE a week, but because of budget cuts we only have one PE period (50 minutes) a week so we (regular ed. teachers) are responsible for the other 50 minutes. I think these are great activities that we can have our students do and I think they'll really enjoy it.

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  3. FayJuly 20, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    Love the activities. As Stacy mentioned we are responsible to get the extra hours of physical activity into the students' daily schedule. These activities would be great for field day as well. Also, sad but true, is the fact that some of these students don't know how to play/entertain themselves at recess. Great ideas Chad!

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    1. UnknownJuly 22, 2012 at 7:01 AM

      Chad, These are great ideas for PE Class. I taught in a school last year that only had PE twice a week. It is unfortunate because students need a daily class where they can join in sports, games and interact with other classmates. These are challenging, interesting and fun activities for students to participate in.

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  4. tabroomeJuly 28, 2012 at 11:56 AM

    Chad I like these games. Many of them I already knew, but I do like the Octopus game. I am going to have to introduce this game to my kids at recess time this year!

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  5. cjshhiJuly 30, 2012 at 2:51 PM

    My kids LOVE sharks and minnows! Octopus sounds fun as well. At one school at the holidays our PE teacher had Reindeer races. One child sat on the scooter and another child was inside a hula hoop like a reign (sp?) for horses. Then they'd race to the end of the gym and back in switch in relay fashion. Each year my assistant and I would ride the scooters with 3 kids pulling us (first graders mind you). They had such fun but what a wild ride!! They were under strict instructions not to crash the teacher (the walls were padded so we were good). There is nothing like that laughter and fun with your kids.

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  6. CDJ617August 14, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    I know, I wasn't a very coordinated kid in school and I was a bit timid, but I wish I had participated more. It is fun to see the students playing in gym. I like to hop in a game if I have a few minutes in my day.

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