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Objective: The game of Scallywag challenges each student’s throwing accuracy and offensive and defensive strategy, while encouraging spatial awareness. -
Objective: Double or Nothing combines the strategy and luck game of Rock, Paper, and Scissors with the cardiovascular endurance activity of jogging to encourage students to run for fun with the anticipation of possibly having the chance of being a Double or Nothing Champion. -
OBJECTIVE: Quick Six is an aerobic-based game to be introduced as a fun, prerequisite to the PACER test or as a great activity to get students jogging. Teams must demonstrate persistence, perseverance and have a little luck in order to become the Quick Six champions. -
Objective: Students will develop and improve Frisbee manipulation skills of visual tracking, accuracy, control, throwing, and catching. Frisbee Frenzy utilizes various positions to provide teammates multiple opportunities to communicate and elicit teamwork and strategy to become team champions. -
One of the themes I try to establish early in my own class is accountability. That way, students can develop self-responsibility and learn to use a tool to sort out problems for themselves. The problem-solving area is a successful behavior management strategy that places the responsibility of problem solving right in the students’ hands. -
Objective: This zany, action-packed teamwork game reinforces spatial awareness, throwing for accuracy, bucket manipulation, eye-hand coordination, communication, patience, and most importantly, that “two heads are better than one.” -
Objective: One of my most popular games, Bounce Brigade is a wacky game that reinforces cooperation, eye–hand coordination, patience, strategy, and teamwork. -
Objective: Students will explore the various ways to develop and improve balloon manipulation skills such as visual tracking, accuracy, control, tapping, catching, right- and left-handed manipulation, and socialization skills through the use of balloons. -
Objective: To practice strategy, honesty, fairness, and honorable sporting behavior. Derived from the rock, paper, and scissors games of Head Honcho I and II, Just Roll the Dice is also a fast-paced and exciting game, reinforcing math competency, strategy, luck, and honesty, but ultimately perseverance to become an elite Roll the Dice Champion. -
A prerequisite to Polo Derby and Dragster Blaster, Let’s Go Cruising is a great activity for improving fitness while reinforcing the skills of communication, teamwork and a child’s imagination. -
Want to avoid the monotony of the traditional soccer stations? By adding the option of rolling dice, Kick Start Your Heart gives each child control of their soccer practice opportunities. This new twist on practicing skills provides ownership to each student’s overall experience, which typically leads to improved skill acquisition. -
Students will practice and improve throwing and bowling for accuracy, defensive strategy, and cardiovascular endurance in the intense game of Stack Attack. Stack Attack combines the art of cup stacking, the strategical tactics incorporated in defense, the skill of bowling and throwing to hit various targets, along with the “never give up” attitude it takes to be successful. -
The three best practices strategies included in this packet include:- Fast Track to Fitness
- Before-school fitness club
- Physical Education student incentives using Fitness Finders charms
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In Yeah Baby! students learn how to strategically place items to avoid losing them to the other team, work on finesse, and improve throwing for accuracy. -
Watch heads turn with a look saying “what did you say?” when you explain this unique, exhilarating, heart-pounding game that will blow their minds. -
Students will explore various ways to develop and improve ball manipulation skills such as visual tracking, accuracy, control, throwing, catching, right- and left-handed manipulation, and socializational skills through the use of Super 70 Gatorskin balls. -
OBJECTIVE: Jenga-Janga Pro is the advance, next-level game to Jenga-Janga 1.0. Adapted from the game of Jenga, the fast-paced, jogging and counting game of Jenga-Janga Pro will definitely captivate and challenge your students. Teams will compete against each other by jogging to collect noodle pieces in order to build towers, being careful not to be the one to cause a tower to fall. -
OBJECTIVE: Watch as each team races to “stash their cash” in this fun, competitive game that provides a great way to introduce money recognition and addition, while integrating fitness and perseverance. -
Objective: Slingshot Golf is the final, culminating golf-like game from the series of games that include Launch It! and Slingshot. “Slingshot Golf ” too is designed as a cooperative game that will allow students the opportunity to explore various ways to develop and improve ball manipulation, and slingshot skills of trajectory, force, and accuracy. Students must focus special attention on accuracy and finesse, while scoring hits at a faster pace than any other team to be declared the Slingshot Golf Champions. -
Objective: UFOs is a unique, cooperative game where speed, teamwork, slingshotting, and visual tracking skills are essential to earning a maximum number of points. Like the game of Launch It, UFOs also provides the opportunity to explore various ways to develop and improve ball manipulation, and the skills of trajectory, force, and accuracy. Played in conjunction with the game of Launch It, UFOs is a great prerequisite to the games of Sling-shot and Slingshot Golf.
