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.
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.
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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!
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. “
I just learned a new game today and I’m really jazzed about it. It’s called Switch, and here’s what you need to know:
First, players stand at the corners of the window and at the intersection in the middle. The 4 players on the outside corners try to run and switch places with each other. The person standing at the center intersection tried to get one of the corner spots while the others are switching. If the players on the corners make 3 switches, the person in the middle is bumped out and a new player enters the game (standing at the center). If the center player succeeds in stealing one of the corner spots, the player who lost their spot is out, the center person claims the corner spot, and a new player comes into the center.
Why I love this game: 1.) There’s no equipment necessary! Many schools have these 4 square lines painted on the ground already, but it’s as easy as getting some chalk if you don’t. 2.) Anyone can play. The group I was playing with today had kids ranging from kindergarten to 5th grade and we were all playing happily together.
The player on the far right sat down to tie her shoe, but other than that, this gives you a decent picture of how players should stand. The boy in the white shirt is trying to steal a corner spot during a switch.
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