Have you ever tried playing throwing and catching with a pre-schooler? If you have, chances are, they weren’t very coordinated. It’s only to be expected and certainly nothing to worry about! There are plenty of ways you can help them to throw more accurately and catch more easily. Start slow and easy! In my 20+ …
P.E. lessons can be a bit daunting at times. All that equipment to organize and worry about. Yuck! Then there are the safety aspects to consider. Eek! The good news is, there are plenty of simple P.E. games that you can use with no equipment! The Ultimate List of PE Games With No Equipment Whether …
Parachute games aren’t just for young kids! In this post, I’ll show you that they are highly effective for older students too. In my many years of teaching, I have used parachute games with older students in three particular areas, namely: Teamwork and team building games Math games Literacy games Although teamwork is just one …
In my 12 years of teaching, some of the most hysterical sights I have ever seen have been when doing funny relay races. Children really enjoy these, and these relay races have tremendous benefits such as: Over the years, I have tried so many funny relays, including sack race, egg and spoon race, three legged …
Dinosaurs … they’re a never-ending source of fascination for children and adults alike! Even the quietest of young children will often surprise us with their ability to pronounce the lengthiest of dinosaur names and prehistoric facts about the Cretaceous, Jurassic, and Triassic. In fact, the only activity that encouraged my now 22-year-old son to take …
I have taught children between the ages of 3-5 for the last ten years, and in that time I have played Four Corners or variations of it in many, many ways. Children love it! It’s great for learning, it’s good for PE warm-ups, and they can play it by themselves as well. Research shows the …
I’ve been a teacher for the last 12 years, and I have experimented with a range of variations of Capture the Flag. I enjoy using it as a warmup for PE sessions, and the children also really like doing it during recess. Of course, it’s also great to play at home, in the park, or …
It’s certainly not easy to inject movement and action into Zoom Games, but it definitely can be done! I’ve come up with my favorite 16 active PE games for kids that are ideal for any kind of virtual session such as via Zoom. These games all involve the following qualities: -They are active, and yet …
We’ve all played ‘Follow The Leader’ at some point of our lives. It’s a classic game that is played all around the world. But did you know there are at least 17 variations of ‘follow the leader’. I’ve been a teacher for the last ten years, and I have used the simple concept of following …
Tag is pretty much running around chasing your friends, and that’s all there is to it, right? Wrong! There are a huge number of variations of tag. There are games that involve contact, non-contact, one person ‘tag’ games, team games, ones that involve dinosaurs, cops and robbers, and so much more! In ten years of …