These items might include balance beams, benches, chairs, pieces of plywood and so on. Tell the students that the mats are the shark-infested waters, and the items on top are the safe zone.
Then divide them into teams, and have them work and strategize together on how to move safely from one safe zone to the next without ever falling to the mats. Make up Bingo-style sheets for your students with exercises listed in the squares, along with the number of repetitions or length of time for each exercise.
These might include 10 pushups, burpees or jumping-jacks; 20 seconds of mountain-climbers, jumping rope or running in place; and so on. Give each student a Fitness Bingo sheet and a marker to mark off which activities they complete as the teacher calls them out.
This four-square version of volleyball is a super-fun take on the traditional game. CROSSNET targets throwing and catching skills and helps kids develop their hand-eye coordination, while tapping into their competitive natures. Best of all, this game gets kids moving while also honing their listening skills.
The basic, classic format of the game involves setting up chairs in a circle with their backs to the inside of the circle, starting with one fewer chair than the total number of students playing the game. Students form an outer ring around the chairs and walk, skip, run or jump around the chairs to music. When the teacher hits Pause at random moments, everyone must scramble to find a seat. Depending on the age of your PE students, you can add fun twists to the game to switch things up and help your students work toward different fitness goals.
For example:. Walking, running, skipping and hopping are all fun ways to move around the circle as the music plays, but students can also do other fitness-building movements around the chairs, such as lunges, dancing, high-knees, running backward or somersaults if the game can be played on mats or another soft surface.
Add extra movement requirements for students to perform as quickly as possible when the music stops: Have them do five jumping-jacks or touch their heads, shoulders, knees and toes before finding a chair. This is another simple movement game that seems childish but can be lots of silly fun for all ages, and which can be used to build cardio endurance, strength or flexibility as well as skills related to listening, observing and following instructions. The game is played until everyone has crossed the finish line.
The next gym game for kindergarten is a favorite that we play a lot because the children request it. It is simple enough to take outside for a quick gym game and for kids to burn off some energy.
I love this active game because it integrates math and gym. The activity is very easy to prepare, yet it was a lot of fun and it allowed me to take our gym class outside. This activity can be adapted to varying grade levels and various math strands.
The materials you will need are a class set of large wood slices and a large sensory ball. The wood slices were simply to help with classroom management and indicate to children where they need to stand. I laid the slices out in a circle on the grass and each child stood on a wood slice. Continue counting as high as the children are able to.
We worked together when the numbers got big and children helped each other with the counting. This activity could easily be changed for older children learning their math facts, such as multiplication. Children need to be listening and following along in case the ball is thrown to them. They would only have a few seconds to think of their answer before they have to throw the ball to the next player. One child could say a multiplication fact for another child to solve and then bounce the ball to them.
If you are working with young children they could sit and roll the ball instead of bouncing it. It is such a simple idea, but I personally love using it because it gets kids active and engaged in math. I love this gym game! I have used it with children in intermediate games all the way down to kindergarten.
This is a really easy team building game that I remember doing as a kid. It is simple, but requires children to really think and strategize together. This activity requires no prep and all you need are two large mats.
Divide the group of kids into 2 groups and give each group 2 mats. I had at least 10 children in each group. Starting at the same line, each team needs to figure out a way to get across the gym using only the mats. Oh, and pretend that the floor is lava so you cannot touch it at all! Groups have to come up with a plan where they are always only touching the mat, but somehow get to other side of the gym.
Those were the only instructions that they were given. Usually children start by trying to push one mat across, which, slowly but surely may work. Ultimately, children will need to all huddle together on one mat, but then lift the other mat around in front of the one they are standing on and set it down — and then jump over and repeat. This is a great activity to create team building and problem solving. There have been many requests to do this again… and again… and again.
Everyone was excited to get their hands on these huge balloons! When were were working on volleyball skills in gym these huge balloons were a great way to introduce the unit. I find with young kids, using any new or interesting equipment for gym games encourages them to move their body and develop their gross motor skills.
You will need 4 large balloons blown up and ready to use I used a pump. I drew some silly faces on them with permanent marker, just for fun. You can even run a school-wide competition to determine the ultimate class winner of the beach ball float game.
Gym games for kids can build stamina, strength and teamwork. Grab some burlap sacks or blankets and challenge your kids to a drag race.
In partners or small teams, ask your students to drag each other across the gym floor. One child can sit on a burlap sack or a small group can sit on a blanket. The other team members must use their muscles to pull the kids across the finish line. Switch up the roles to give everyone a chance to glide across the gym.
Gym activities for kids are a great way to teach patience and concentration, but they may also be challenging for some students. Try a team-oriented relay race using water, spoons and cups as an accessible way to involve everyone. Set up teams on one side of the playground and give them each a cup of water and a spoon. Put an empty cup about 20 feet away. Have each team use the spoon to carry water to the empty cup.
The first team that fills the cup beyond the halfway mark wins the race. Use cones, balls and other supplies to set up a minefield in the gym.
Partner your students and blindfold one student in each dyad. The partner without a blindfold must guide his partner through the minefield. If one of the mines is disturbed, the dyad must return to the starting point. Have students swap roles and discuss the importance of communication and trust in effective teamwork. Get your class moving with a unique game of tag. Give each child a flag and ask them to stick it in their back pocket. Challenge the class to run around the gym and collect as many flags or sticky notes as they can.
You can even use two colors and make it a team game. Hang up a piece of paper and post the results. Play several rounds as a way to motivate the class to better their score. Go retro with fun gym games from the past.
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