Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 2

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

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.

Dr. Seuss Field Day- Station 1

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

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 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.

Click here to buy the book, The Sneetches by. Dr. Seuss:

Dice Games: Math Turtles Collection

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I’m a huge fan of games. They disguise potentially unpleasant practice! Here’s my collection of math turtles to help your kids practice basic math skills (including simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division). Happy spring!

Click here for the 4 printable PDFs: Turtle Dice Games

Don’t forget about the Fancy Turtles editions!

Dry, Dry, Wet! (Outside Water Game)

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

This game is a fun twist on the classic game, “duck, duck, goose!” Here’s the twist: instead of tapping other player’s heads, the person walking around the circle holds a wet sponge over each player’s head and says “dry, dry, dry…” until they come to the person they would normally call “goose.” Instead, however, the person holding the sponge wrings out the sponge over the person’s head, and thus the chasing begins. Players get pretty wet, which is nice for a hot say. For the sake of good health, don’t let the sponge touch anyone’s head or the ground. Using a big sponge is usually best, so the person walking around the circle with the sponge will still have water to wring out on someone’s head, even if they go around the circle more than once. Enjoy!

Multiplication Dice Game: Landscape

Posted on April 1, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

Here’s an easy way to practice the most basic multiplication facts (totals to 6). Players roll the die, and color in a section of the picture that contains the equivalent. For example, if you roll 4, color in “2×2” or “4×1” or “1×4.” Enjoy!

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Awesome Field Day Ideas!

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

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. “

EASY Place Value Game… Around the World (with a twist!)

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

So you’ve probably heard about the classroom game, Around the World (IN A NUT SHELL: The teacher shows 2 students a math flash card. The first one to blurt out the answer moves to stand next to a new student’s seat and faces off with them using a new flash card. The winner gets to advance to a new student and the kids try to move as many seats as possible.) Here’s a fun twist on the classic game.

TEACHER PREP:

Write any multi-digit number on a note card (for older grades, add decimal points)
Underline 1 digit in the number
Repeat until you have a stack of cards
OPTIONAL: label the back of each card so you know what place value is underlined on the front (tens, hundreds, thousands…)

PLAY: Instead of telling you the answer to a math fact (like in regular Around the World), the student must name the place value underlined on the card to win the face-off.

Submitted by a 2nd grade teacher in AZ. Thanks!

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Spring Time Math Facts Dice Game

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Squarehead Teachers

I love playing math games… and what student can’t benefit from some basic math facts practice. So here’s a game for you.

Print 1 copy of the worksheet for each player.
Roll the die (let’s say you roll a 5)
Color in the section of the picture that equals the number you rolled (for example, you could color in the section labeled “4+1=”). Make sure you write the answer in the section so it becomes a complete number sentence (“4+1=5”).
Take turns rolling, and coloring (any color you want)
First player to color in the entire page wins!

Make sure you choose the operation you want: basic addition, basic subtraction, basic multiplication or basic division. Happy Spring!