• Two lines facing each other in the middle of the gym.
• Space each line so players are  spread out.
• Each player should have someone across from them. This is their partner.

Practice with the teacher:

• Rock is a fist (Everyone make a fist).
• Paper is a flat hand facing down (Everyone make a flat hand facing down).
• Scissors is a hand that simulates scissors with the 1st and 2nd fingers separating and closing (Everyone make a hand that simulates scissors).
• ROCK SMASHES SCISSORS
• PAPER COVERS ROCK
• SCISSORS CUTS PAPER

Guidelines:

• Teacher gives signal or starts music to begin game.
• Partners do rock, paper, scissors by facing each other and pounding their fist into their hand and together chanting: “1,2,3 show”.
• One the word “show” each player displays either rock, paper, or scissors.
• When a player wins they become  they become the tagger and do 5 jumping jacks or three spins.
• The other player may move around the gym and attempt to avoid the tag. When playing in the gym you may want to  define a locomotor skill such as walking (power walking), slide-stepping, skipping, or galloping.
• The tag we use is called the peace tag. Hold your two fingers up and show the peace sign. When you tag, it is a  peaceful tag,  two fingers in the middle of your partner’s back.
• After the tag, you can do the rock, paper, scissors to begin a new game again. In grades K /1/ 2 it may work better to just have partners change roles each time.
• For a longer game and more interaction, pick new partners after each player has completed turns as the tagger and another turn as the player being tagged.

• Twenty pins are lined up on the black lines in front of the opposing walls. It works best to pick a couple of students to begin setting up the targets while the rules are covered and the teams set.
• It works best to pick a couple of students to begin setting up the targets while the rules are covered and the teams set.
• Break class into two teams. In our gym we have four teams (red, blue, yellow, green). So it’s pretty easy to put two teams on each side.
• The dividing line in the middle of the gym cannot be crossed (unless going to the slammer)
• Each team has twenty pins that are defended by goalies on their team.
• The object of the game is to knock down all of the pins on the opposite end
• Each team starts with an equal number of soft foam balls.(between 10-15 works well) Players sit if front of their targets and wait for the music to start to begin the game.

Guidelines:

• Players may kick or throw the balls.
• The only way that a player is out is if their ball (kicked or thrown) is caught in the air by an opposing player.
• A player goes to the slammer (the area behind the pins on the opposite end of your team) when their ball is caught by someone on the opposing team.
• They get out of the slammer when they catch a ball thrown from a teammate. or they throw a ball from the slammer to a teammate.
• The games is over when all of the pins are knocked down. If there is time still left in the class, teams change ends and continue the game.
• The Most Fun Wins!

Equipment and Setup:

• One foam ball or playground ball for a group of five to eight students.
• The group sets up in a circle with legs wide apart and feet touching.
• The space between each player’s feet is a goal that they defend by using their hands only.
• Bend your knees and get low with the palms of your hands facing the middle of the circle and your fingers pointing down.

Guidelines:

• The game starts when one player sets the ball in front of them and taps it with their hand in an attempt to get the ball through another player’s legs.
• The ball may only be tapped with their hands. No stopping the ball and rolling it.
• You may not reach over in front of another player’s “goal”.
• If a ball travels outside of the circle, the player that touched it last should retrieve it and start a new game.
• Variation One: Use two or even three balls if it is a larger group.
• Variation Two (Doggy Style): Turn around so you are facing out. Position your feet, so you have to hit the ball through your legs backwards.

• Every safe/ small ball you have . Two towers (made out of mats) set up fifteen feet from the half court line on each side. The stiff and  light mats with  eight to ten folds in them work best.
• Divide the class into two equal teams.

Guidelines:

• The object of the game is for the teams to destroy the other team’s tower by throwing all of the balls into it.
• Students are not allowed to cross the half court line and must throw one ball at a time.
• Students cannot peek in or enter the tower at any time during the game.
• Students can play defense by blocking the throws at the line or at the mat.

• Divide class into two teams.

Guidelines:

• Have each team line up facing each other about 6-10 feet apart.
• One team is the “crows” and one team is the “cranes.”
• The teacher calls one of the teams.
• The team’s name that is called has to run back to the end line without getting tagged by someone on the other team. If they get tagged, they join the other team.
• If “crows” is called, cranes are chasing the crows. If “cranes” is called, crows are chasing the cranes.

• Two or three  foam  balls, two cones: each one placed 10 feet from the baseline on each side.
• Two teams: a running team and a defense team

Guidelines:

• The running team starts behind one cone in the gym. This area is their “base.” They must run from their base to the other cone in the gym and back without getting hit with a ball.
• If they get hit, they stand against the wall.
• The defense cannot move with the ball. They have 3 seconds to either throw at a runner or pass to a teammate who is closer.
• Emphasize teamwork! Teams that work better together and pass the ball well will be more successful. Switch teams every 2 minutes.

Recommended for 3rd, 4th, 5th

• Foam balls, stackable mats set up vertically at each corner of the basketball court lines, stopwatch
• Two teams: a running team and a throwing team.

Guidelines:

• The running team starts in one corner of the gym. Their goal is to complete as many laps as possible in the allotted time (usually 1 or 2 min.). For every lap each team member completes, they get one point for their team.
• If they get hit with a ball (must be a direct hit, no bounces or deflections, *headshots don’t count), they must stand against the wall, out of the way of the runners. They can get back in only if they catch a ball that the throwing team throws.
• The throwing team stays in the middle circle to throw at the runners. They may leave to get a ball, but must return to the circle to throw.

• 4 Cones: Set up near each corner of the gym.
• 4 Signs with various locomotor movements. (4 different movements on each card).
• Set up an equal number of students to start at each corner.
• Start the music to begin

Guidelines

• Each group reads the top item on their list and moves in counterclockwise direction to the next cone.
• At the next cone, read the first item and complete that movement to the next cone.
• Continue completing the 1st item on each card until you reach your starting point.
• Now, do all of the #2 items on each card, until you reach the starting point.
• Continue this pattern until all four items on each card are completed.
• You may start over on #1 and continue until the music stops

• Jump Ropes and one end of the gym designated as the Jump Rope Area
• Yarnball Taggers

Guidelines:

• Four or five people are chosen to be “it”
• All other players have a “safe base” available to them at all times.
• If a player wants to avoid being tagged, they simply have to be completing a
• series of ten jumps with the “invisible rope style” when the tagger tags them
• If a player is tagged they must complete ten jumps with a jump rope in the designated jump rope area.

• About twenty foam balls
• About 15 foam targets
• Form two lines next to each other to enter the game. One line is offense, the other line is defense. (Use cones to designate).
• One player from the offensive line enters the game with their defensive partner.
• The defensive partner picks up a foam target and sets in down on a a spot. They will be trying to protect their team’s target.
• The offensive partner picks up a foam soccer ball. They will be moving anywhere in the gym in an attempt to know over other targets.
• Have 3 or 4 people in the “next in line ” to start the game.
• Students spread  the targets are at least 3-4 feet per player. No placing them in a corner or against a wall.
• Using polyspots or floor markings to designate placement of the targets will help spread the game out and encourage individual play.

Guidelines

• Play begins…
• The object of the game is for the defensive player on each team to block any shots at their target.
• The offensive partner will be moving around the gym and attempt to knock over other targets by using soccer skills, while kicking ball. keep your target up while knocking other targets over.
• When a foam target is knocked down -the defensive player should tell their offensive partner that they are out. Then they bring their target to the line and hand it to the next person in the defensive line.
• Now the players will switch their roles in the game. The defensive player goes to the end of  the offensive line, while the offensive player will now go to the end of the defensive line.
• Players always switch from offense to defense after each turn.
• Game continues for as long as time permits.