Materials: none
Divide the
children into teams with five or six players on each. Have the players line up single file behind a line and run
one at a time to a designated point and back. The first player tags the second player, who then runs the
distance. The first team to have
all players run is the winner.
*Ball Relays– Have the children pass a ball over their
heads and
under their
legs. The last person runs to the
front of the line and
continues passing
over and under. When the first
person is in his or her original position, their team wins the game. Relays where children must dribble a
ball, kick a ball, or throw a ball into a target can also be played.
*Animal Relays
– Let the children walk like crabs (on
backs with
hands and feet),
bears (on all fours), birds (flapping arms), monkeys (scratching sides), or elephants
(swinging arms like a trunk.)
*Quick Change –
Prepare bags with a shirt, pants, and hat for each
team. The first player puts the clothes on,
runs to a designated point, takes the clothes off, then runs and gives the
clothes to the second person.
*Pig Relays - Move the ball with your nose.
*Movements- Have children hop, jump, skip, gallop,
walk backwards,
or do other
movements.
*Toesie Relay –
Have the children take
their shoes off, pick up a peanut
with their toes,
carry it to a basket, and drop it in.
*Potato Relay –
Ask the children to carry
a potato in a large spoon
without dropping
it.
*Balloon Relay-
Have children run with a
balloon to a chair, then sit
On the balloon and
pop it.
Sandbox
Treasures
Hide
shells and other small toys in a sandbox and let the children “dig” for
treasures.
Tissue
Fade
Let
children cut or tear tissue paper into 1” pieces. Arrange the tissue paper on a sheet of white paper and the
spray with water. Dry in the sun
and then peel off the tissue paper.
