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Snowball Tag

For Teachers K - 5th
Students play pretend snow games, using balls of yarn as snowballs.
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Dribbling Beanbag Transfer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice their hand dribbling control.
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Mine Field

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils experience the loss of their sight and develop feelings for those less fortunate than them.
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Ghostbuster Dribble

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice dribbling and passing fundamentals using the appropriate cues.
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Scarf Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students who are taggers, on the teacher's "GO" signal, try to tag students with scarves. If a student is tagged, the tagged student must give the tagger ONE scarf in order to resume play.
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Statues and Dribblers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners practice kicking the ball through other students' legs.
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Soccer Scatter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice dribbling the ball with his/her feet and passing to a partner.
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Striking Balloons

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students strike balloons with different body parts (elbow, head, knee, wrist, shoulder, etc.) to practice their striking skills.
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Everybody It

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students are in scattered formation within the playing area. The activity begins with all of students being "it". They move about the general space tagging various classmates while avoiding being tagged.
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Fitness Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students spread out in general space. Have 2/4 students be the taggers. On the teachers signal the activity starts with the taggers trying to tag the "runners". When taggeg, students then go to an area and perform an exercise.
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Bumper Cars

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars gain trust of fellow classmates. They practice cooperation and spacial awareness. They follow directions given to them by others.
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Locomotor / Pathway Card Swap

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students follow instructions on index card with a locomotor skill and pathway written on it, then students follow the cones which mark the boundaries. When music stops switch index cards with another student and go agian.
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Muscle Tag

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students get a yarn ball and find a good self space in the playing area (best designated by cones-NOT the walls of a gym). On the teacher's signal students walk and try to tag anyone and everyone in the area.
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E.T. Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students interact in a game of tag. When students are caught they must practice waiting skills to be "unfrozen".
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Moving In Unison

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice moving in general space successfully (i.e., not bumping into each other and moving to empty space). Teachers may add many different locomotor movements, or increase participants for an extra challenge.
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Shake It Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students shake a bottle of water to a CD of "Twist and Shout". They shake the bottle high, low, right, left, two hands, one hand, under the leg, etc.
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Little Sliders

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders travel though general space using correct form for the locomotor movements of walk, jog, jump, skip, hop, gallop, and slide.
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High-Five Curl-Ups

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice curl-ups in cooperative groups.
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See Me, Be Me

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars play follow-the-leader to music. When the music stops, the teacher is in a frozen shape. Then on cue, students follow the teacher in an activity.
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Dice and Cones

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice locomotor movements in general space.
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Frizbee Pop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners practice the "pop" action of popping a wet towel to throw a frisbee.
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CrossOver

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students become aware of other people when moving in a small space.
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Parachute-Turtle Game

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of why a turtle goes inside its shell. The activity also allows students to practice responding to a command.Teacher says "the turtle is in the woods and sees a bear." students say "hide in the shell," t
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Humpty Dumpty

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice submerging their faces and heads in the water and blow bubbles when learning to swim. They practice this to the song of Humpty Dumpty.