I 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.

I 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.

I 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.

These fabulous ideas were submitted by a fellow elementary school teacher. Love this idea! Thanks!

“Thursday was our field day.  It was unlike any other I had been to.  These games would be fun with youth at church groups and camps as well.  There were 18 stations we rotated through during the day.  Each teacher stayed with her own class and the classes rotated.  Most of the stations were relays or races with our kids divided into 6 teams.   The theme was Dr. Seuss books.  Each station was named after a book.  Here are some examples:

Horton Hears A Who– had kids run to pick up cotton balls (representing the dust speck of Whoville) with chop sticks (2 pencils) and run back. 

Yertle the Turtle– where kids sat on scooters and raced over to a pool that had green paper plate “turtles” in it.  They grabbed a turtle and scooted back to their own “pond” to stack the turtle.  Tallest pile of turtles won. 

Go Dog Go– 50 yard dash. 

Star Bellied Sneetches– tug of war. 

The Lorax – had two teams, one was the oncelers who were cutting down trees (knocking down plastic cones with their elbows) and the other team, the Loraxes who were putting them back up. 

If I Ran The Circus– had kids juggling scarves running 15 feet to little balance beam things to stand on and juggle while we applauded. 

        Two of the favorites were water activities. Both were to try to fill up a big can with water.  One of them had each team had a 2 inch PVC pipe that was 2 feet long.  There had been 6 holes drilled in it.  The object was for the 4 kids to run with the pipe to a tub of water, submerge the pipe, then carry it back and pour the water in the can.  They had to cover the ends and the holes with their hands.  Fun game.  The next water game was with a bucket of water at the front of the line.  The first kid had a big sponge and submersed it in the water.  Then he had to carry it over his head to the next kid, and then the 2nd kid carried it over his head to the 3rd kid etc.  The last kid had to wring out the sponge in the can. “