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Let the Games Begin!
It may be a year until the next Olympic games, but the fever continues on .
This is a set of games that can be played in a classroom gym, or outside.
It involves fun with little unhealthy competition. Let the games begin!
Balloon Ball Throw
Materials:
Balloon or ball
Masking tape
Ruler
Stand on the tape line on the floor. Throw one balloon or ball as far as
you can. Measure the distance with a ruler the distance your balloon or
ball traveled with a ruler.
Hip Hop High
Materials:
Masking tape
Ruler
Stand next to a wall. Stretch out your arm upward, while keeping both feet
flat on the ground. Mark the highest point you can reach with a piece of
masking tape at which point you can reach. Jump as high as you can and make
another masking tape mark on the wall. Measure the distance between the two
tape marks.
Wide Width
Materials:
Masking tape
Ruler
Stand with both feet together. Place one foot on a starting tape mark.
Take a giant step with one foot to the side. Mark the inside spot where
your stepping foot lands. Measure the width of your step.
Lengthy Long Jump
Materials:
Masking tape
Ruler
Put both feet on the starting line on the floor. Take one giant step with
both feet forward. Mark the length of your giant step.
Frisbee Fro
Materials:
Masking tape
Ruler
Frisbee or paper plate
Throw a Frisbee or paper plate from a marked line. Find the distance that
the Frisbee or paper plate traveled with a ruler. Try to see what happens
when you close your eyes. Compare the distances with the eye open and
closed with one another.
Pool Doodles
Throw a section of a pool noodle as far as you can using an overhead
motion. Find the distance where you threw the noodle and the ending point
that the noodle landed.
Stomper Cloppers
Materials:
Stompers
Tape
Cone
Take two sturdy cups and add string to them. Have two students stand on top
of them and walk back and forth from one point to another and back. The
player that finishes first wins.
Hippity Hop Hooray!
Materials:
Tape
Corners
Hippity Hops
Take two Hippity hops and race two people from one point to another and see
which person comes back first. The first one back wins!
Baton Battle
Materials:
Tape
Cones
Batons
Take two batons and have students race from one point to another and back.
The team that comes back first with the baton wins! Try various movements
that do not involve running, such as hopping, tiptoeing, jumping, and
skipping.
Spoon Spectacular
Materials:
Two spoons
Two balls
Two cones
Masking tape
Students will get into two equal lines. The first person in each line will
receive a spoon and a ball. The ball is placed in the spoon, and the first
person runs down and around the cone. When he/ she returns to the line, they
will give it to the next person who will do the same thing. If the ball is
dropped, the student must stop, and place the ball back on the spoon before
continuing. The student who comes back with the spoon and ball intact wins.
Materials:
Two spoons
Two balls
Two cones
Masking tape
Hockey Hotspot
Materials:
Two Hockey Sticks
Two cones
Bag of lightweight balls
Students line up in two teams with the first person from each team standing
on a designated starting place. Give these two students a hockey stick and a
ball. On the signal to begin, these students will use the hockey stick to
move the ball around the cone, and back to the start. Then they will hand
their hockey stick to the next player in line. This will continue until all
team members have had a turn. The team that finishes first wins!
Light your World
Materials:
Masking Tape
Pool Noodles
Students line up in two teams with the first person from each team standing
inside a starting hoop. Give these two students a pool noodle. On the signal
to begin, the two students will run to the cone and run back. They will hand
the torch noodle to the next student in line, who will then run to the cone
and back. This will continue until all team members have had a turn.
References:
AIMS Olympic Site
http://www.aimsedu.org/activities/cOlympics/colympics.pdf
Wacky Olympics
http://www.pecentral.org/lessonideas/ViewLesson.asp?ID=TwoTwo47
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