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To reinforce the skills of throwing, catching, cooperation, hand-eye coordination, patience, strategy, and teamwork in the wacky, nerve-racking game of Bank It. The object of the game is for each team to successfully transfer a ball by means of throwing and catching to “bank it” into any bucket located within the boundaries. Each team will compete against other teams to determine who will bank the most shots and earn the most cash. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. Note: All dance steps use an 8 or 16 count and L = Left and R = Right. The songs selected (artist is in parenthesis by the dance title) for the dances are not required to perform each dance! All songs can be purchased online at sites such as www.apple.com/itunes or other music sites. The teacher must determine what is appropriate for his or her classes. Simply choose a fun, upbeat song with a similar beat to the song listed beside the dance title if the song cannot be found or is considered inappropriate for your class. In some cases, the “radio” version of a song should be downloaded or purchased. -
To elevate dance appreciation through unique, fun, and exciting rhythmic dance skills with the attempt to alleviating any preconceived negative feelings concerning dance. -
OBJECTIVE: The Savage Sumos are angry because the hungry, village peasants are taking their food supply of noodles the Sumos eat to become Sumo Legends. Peasants must travel through the Sumo’s village, avoiding the Sumo’s clutches in order to find noodles and bring home to their families. -
OBJECTIVE: This whacky game, created by my great friend and colleague Mickey Eidson that he derived from an old-school TV show reinforces spatial awareness, using the forehand, backhand, and overhand paddle striking skills for accuracy, and eye-hand coordination. PaddleStar Galactica will test each student’s accuracy by challenging them to hit and destroy various targets before the time elapses. -
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: Adapted from the game Cold Hard Cash (HyPEd Up, 2017), We’re on Lockdown is a high energy, non-stop fitness game where teamwork and perseverance are crucial to find the hidden keys. The hidden keys will then be used to unlock each safe to expose the mystery code to escape the lockdown. -
OBJECTIVE: Derived from the classic game of Connect Four (by Milton Bradley), the teamwork game of Connect 4-Fun will get everyone active and hyped about whose team is going to demonstrate the best communication and strategy. -
OBJECTIVE: This zany, action-packed teamwork game reinforces spatial awareness, throwing for accuracy, bucket manipulation, eye-hand coordination, communication, patience and most importantly…..cooPEration! -
OBJECTIVE: Grinchmas will be one of your go-to favorites to get your students into the holiday spirit. Co-authored with my great friend and colleague Butch Soles, Grinchmas was birthed out of the games Stack Attack and Blockheads from PE²: Double the Physical + Double the Education = Double the Fun (2011), Grinchmas is an ideal game to help students practice and improve throwing and bowling for accuracy, and offensive and defensive strategy. Grinchmas combines the art of cup/bucket stacking, the strategy, and tactics incorporated in offense and defense, the skill of throwing and bowling to hit various targets, along with the “never give up” attitude it takes to be successful. SCENARIO: The grumpy, old Mr. Grinch and his Grinch relatives are back at it once again to try and take away the joy of Christmas by stealing the children’s presents and destroying all of the Christmas trees! It is up to the children of Arborville to save Christmas by sending all of the Christmas presents back down the chimney and returning the Christmas trees to all of the families of Arborville. -
OBJECTIVE: It’s Going to Blow is a great lead up game for lifetime games such as Cornhole, KanJam, and Kid’s Cup Pong. Students will develop and refine Frisbee, bean bag and ball throwing/tossing, and bouncing skills for accuracy, learning to demonstrate and execute hitting targets at various distances. SCENARIO: the evil and sinister Clive Crazington has infiltrated our school and armed enough explosives that will release the zombie virus if all of the explosives are not disarmed in time. It’s up to the students of place your school name here to work as a team to disarm all of the explosives in order to save the entire school from the zombie outbreak. -
OBJECTIVE: The game of Personal High Jinks is a team-based challenge that provides a great way to introduce personal hygiene, while reinforcing the skill of targeting, accuracy, and finesse with a little bit of perseverance and some silly high jinks. -
Objective: The game of Stay ComPOSED will introduce basic Yoga poses to help students practice being still in a world filled with chaos. Stay ComPOSED also provides a fun, high-energy outlet for students to reinforce fitness skills and practice number recognition, number comparisons, and determining “greater than” and “less than.” -
OBJECTIVE: What’s in Your Wallet? will reinforce and provide multiple practice opportunities to deepen student comprehension of basic mathematical and money concepts. The combination of money and math fundamentals, fitness, and teamwork forces teammates to strategize and think while constantly exercising to solve 10 money word problems quicker than the opposing teams. -
OBJECTIVE: According to www.dictionary.com, noodling means to improvise, experiment, or think creatively. Come take an imaginary trip, Noodling through Time as students explore, develop and improve ways to manipulate a foam noodle. Students will practice visual tracking, throwing for accuracy, balance, noodle control, catching and teamwork skills using foam noodles. Today we are going to get into our time machine and travel all over the world to the past, present and future. Our noodle will change into something different everywhere we travel. We will not know what the noodle becomes until we arrive to the new destination. It is now time to travel. Hold your noodle above your head and spin your body like a helicopter propeller as fast as you can. Ready and begin…..10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…… -
From my book PE2theMax II are 4 very popular games that will help students get fit while reinforcing reading and spelling. -
The Physical Education Teacher Check Up or Assessment can be used as a formal or informal test to determine student comprehension/understanding of the skills and concepts covered during the school year and/or to help the physical education teacher determine strengths and weaknesses in his or her program. I personally use this Check Up to help me figure out areas where I need to go back and review, improve or revamp for the next school year. The file is in a Word Document so that you can manipulate it by modifying, adding or deleting questions/comments to meet your physical education objectives. -
From my book PE² are 4 very popular games that will help students get fit while reinforcing basic math facts. Objective: The dice game of Blockheads provides a fun, high-energy outlet for students to reinforce fitness skills and practice number recognition, number comparisons, and be able to create and solve various subtraction problems. Objective: Students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and teamwork in the fast-paced, high-energy, cardiovascular game of Dice Dash. 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. Objective: Students will practice and reinforce fitness skills, number recognition, and be able to recognize the differences between greater than, less than, more, less, high, low, and equal to through the thrilling game of Moving On Up. -
From my book PE2theMax II are 4 very popular games that will help students get fit while reinforcing basic math facts. 1. Objective: Dicey Situation is a fast-paced and exciting fitness game, requiring a little strategy, luck, and honesty; but ultimately perseverance will make the difference to be successful. Students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and be able to recognize the differences between greater than, less than, more, less, high, low, and equal to through the game of Dicey Situation. 2. Objective: Mathletics will reinforce and provide multiple practice opportunities to deepen student comprehension of basic mathematical concepts. The combination of math fundamentals, athletics, and teamwork forces teammates to strategize and think while constantly exercising to solve 10 number sentences quicker than the opposing teams. 3. Objective: Students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and be able to recognize the differences between greater than, less than, more, less, high, low, and equal to through the thrilling game of Roll with It. 4. Objective: Stick it to Ya is a fast-paced, high-energy, dice-rolling game where students will practice and reinforce number recognition, number comparisons, and subtraction problems in the attempt to get rid of all of their sticks. -
A frantic, action-packed game where teamwork, decisiveness, and communication skills are critical to overcoming the Food Court Frenzy.
