Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 4

station 4- one fish two fish red fish blue fishI recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 4

Title: ONE FISH, TWO FISH, RED FISH, BLUE FISH.

Skills: TEAM WORK, BALANCE AND AGILITY

Description: DIVIDE STUDENTS INTO 5 EQUAL TEAMS WITH THE FIRST PERSON FROM EACH TEAM STANDING INSIDE A STARTING HOOP. ON THE SIGNAL TO BEGIN, THE PLAYERS PICK UP THE “FISH BOWL” (PLASTIC BOWL REPRESENTING THE FISH BOWL IN THE STORY) AND RUN TO THE TRASH CAN FILLED WITH WATER AND PLASTIC FISH. STUDENTS WILL FILL UP THE FISH BOWL WITH WATER AND ONLY ONE FISH. BALANCING THE FISHBOWL ON TOP OF THEIR HEAD. THE STUDENT MUST WALK BACK TO THE LINE WITHOUT (TRYING NOT TO) USING THEIR HANDS TO KEEP THE FISHBOWL ON THEIR HEAD. IF THE STUDENTS MAKES IT BACK TO THE LINE WITHOUT DROPPING THE FISHBOWL, THEY DUMP THE WATER AND FISH IN THE BUCKET AND HAND THE BOWL TO THE NEXT PLAYER IN LINE.IF THE FISHBOWL FALLS OFF THE STUDENT WILL PICK UP THE BOWL AND FISH AND RETURN TO THE LINE TO HAND OFF THE BOWL TO THE NEXT PLAYER IN LINE. TEAMS WILL CONTINUE TO GO UNTIL TIME IS UP.

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Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 3

station 3- ring the gackI recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

 Station 3

Title: RING THE GACK

Skills: GROSS MOTOR, AGILITY, AND COORDINATION.
Description: HULA HOOPING: STUDENTS CAN HULA HOOP ON ANY BODY PART, THE K-2 STUDENTS CAN DO THE ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH RHYME AND JUMP INTO THE HOOP, OLDER STUDENTS CAN HAVE A HULA HOOP CONTEST.

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 2

Station 2- The butter BattleI recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 2

Title: THE BUTTER BATTLE

Skills: GUARDING, DEFENDING AND THROWING, TEAM WORK, GROSS MOTOR

Description: K-1 WILL USE HULA HOOPS TO BUILD HOOP CASTLES THEY NEED 6 HOOPS EACH GROUP 30 HOOPS TOTAL (5 GROUPS) THEY MAY NEED SOME HELP.  AFTER THEIR CASTLE IS BUILT THEY CAN TAKE TURNS CRAWLING THROUGH IT IF IT FALLS THEY MUST REBUILD REMIND STUDENTS TO WORK TOGETHER

2-5 DIVIDE CLASS INTO 4 TEAMS YOU ONLY NEED 24 HOOPS 6 PER TEAM.  TO START THE GAME EACH TEAMS MUST WORK ON BUILDING A CASTLE WHEN (ADULT) SEES ALL CASTLES ARE BUILT THEY SAY GO EACH TEAM START WITH 5 FOAM BALLS TEAMS MUST THEN THROW OR ROLL THE BALL TRYING TO KNOCK DOWN THE OTHER TEAMS CASTLE IF A CASTLE GOES DOWN THAT TEAM CAN NO LONGER THROW ANY BALLS THEY ALL MUST HELP REBUILD THE CASTLE WHEN ITS BUILD AND HANDS ARE OFF THEY ARE BACK INTO THE GAME. REMIND TEAMS THE NEED TO GET BALLS THAT GO OUT OF THE RAMADA AREA.

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 1

Station 1- sneetch ballI recently learned about an awesome Dr. Seuss-inspired field day planned and organized by Patti, an elementary school PE teacher. Here is one of her 21 stations:

Station 1

Title: SNEETCH BALL

Skills: VOLLEY BALL SKILLS, TEAM WORK, EYE HAND COORDINATION, GROSS MOTOR

Description: DIVIDE CLASS INTO 4 GROUPS EACH GROUP WILL TAKE A SQUARE (COURT SIDE). TEAMS TRY TO KEEP THE BIG BALL UP AND OVER THE NET AND SEE HOW LONG THEY CAN KEEP THE VOLLEY GOING.  GRADES 3, 4 AND 5 MAY PLAY A GAME OF 4 SQUARE VOLLEY BALL.

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Getting Kids Pumped for Standardized Testing

Here’s a cute video submitted by an AZ elementary school. The AZ state test is called AIMS, and the video is a parody of Taio Cruz’s song, “Dynamite”. They made this video and used it to get the kids jazzed about the upcoming tests. Great idea!

Click here to see their video on YouTube.

Muffin Cup Flowers (Craft)

This is one of the easiest and cutest spring crafts I’ve seen in a long time (my friend Carol did this one). Grab some colored paper (preferably heavier than printer paper), paint, glitter, glue and muffin tin cups. It’s as easy as you think it is: cut out a flower shape and glue a muffin tin cup to the center. Decorate the petals with paint, crayons, markers, etc. Glue some glitter to the center of the muffin cup and then attach your own paper stem. Easy-peasy, lemon squeezy!

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April Fool’s Day Prank: Brown E’s

(Submitted by a fellow teacher. I love that she even had napkins!)

Ms. L teaches first grade.  She told the kids she had a tasty surprise for them.  Then she had them close their eyes and see if they could smell the brownies.  They could she put a napkin on each desk then put a brown construction paper “E” (Brown E’s) on each desk.  One kid even took a bite.  They didn’t quite get it at first.  She told this in faculty meeting, and another teacher had heard that someone else at another school had done this too.

Click here for more April Fool’s Day ideas.