WARM UP GAMES 1 pdf

WARM UP GAMES Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk WARM UP IDEAS RESOURCE PACK The Warm Up games/ideas within this pack are designed to introduce pupils to key physical motor skills to enhance physical literacy, whilst improving social skills, developing thinking skills and focusing on the healthy individual WARM UP ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE     Simple : Easy to organise and set up Involving : Ensue all pupils participate (including leadership roles) Relevant to the skills requirements to the area of activity FUN! CAPTURE IMAGINATION Children respond much better when they are interested in something Where possible ensure you look to capture the imagination of the child Turn games into life via storytelling, use topical/time relevant news such as Sports Events / Christmas / Seasons The ideas in the pack need to be brought to life by the deliverer – YOU! MULTI ABILITY APPROACH TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Focus on the multi ability model within warm up activity Physical Me: Looking to challenge in the physical – lots of challenges ”Can you ?” Social Me: Lots of social benefits within warm up activity such as working together / communication skills / teamwork Ensure pupils understand the need to support one another especially in games related warm-up activity Thinking Me: Many warm up games will challenge thought process and decision making / can we ask questions to improve understanding rather than give solutions – Set pupils thinking challenges around the warm up area Healthy Me : Ensure pupils understand what is happening to their bodies / Can they identify physical exertion signs – Hotter/Heavy breathing/Hear rate – they know how to measure pulse rate and why it’s important Associate with healthy eating where possible – for more Health related info – look online at the many Change4Life Health resources available to schools LEADERSHIP Try to get children to participate as leaders when arranging warm ups – Setting up equipment and running activity Lots for “non-doers” to engage with Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk ADAPTING ACTIVITY TO MAKE RELEVANT FOR ALL There are many ways to adapt activity for participants to ensure success for all and to ensure the activity meets its aims and objectives Adapting the Task, the role of the individuals or the environment can be utilised and is best shown via the S.T.E.P Process STEP PROCESS S Space Adapting the size/layout of the playing area (smaller harder/bigger easier) T Task What is happening – How can you change it (rules/restrictions etc) E Equipment What is being used – Can you adapt eqpt to make easier/harder P People Who is involved and how – Make team more/less even / different roles Decision Making can be made easier if the : Decision making can be made harder if the :  Space Larger to give > time  Space smaller to reduce thinking time  Space smaller to help apply skills   Space exclusive to person to give as much time as possible Space larger to challenge the application of skills TASK  Task is made easier – less restrictions / more time etc  Task is made harder – restrictions / less time / more-less options EQPT  Eqpt is easy to use (i.e bigger ball / Goals / Targets Larger etc)  Correct eqpt for activity is used  Smaller eqpt to make more challenging  Team weighting to make more challenging SPACE PEOPLE  Adapted eqpt may be used for individuals / group  Total number of people is reduced  Teams weighted in favour of end target KEY TIP: THINKING SKILLS – Ask the PUPILS how to make easier/harder – Ask them to adapt rules within the task – They will show their level of understanding as well as providing easy suggestions! Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk RESOURCE PACK BREAKDOWN The Warm up games ideas are split into separate “types” of activity; 1) INSTRUCTION GAMES Lots of fun to be had with a wide variety of Teacher/Leader led instruction games – Excellent to work on individual movement skills and listening skills! 2) CHASING GAMES More vigorous ‘chase’ type games 3) TEAM CHALLENGES Working together in teams/groups – Where Thinking Me skills most prevalent 4) MISCELLANEOUS Incl’ Passing Games / Elimination games / Grouping Activity / Spot Games / Running Games Many of the warm up games/ideas overlap in terms of where it sits above You need to make professional judgement around what sort of warm up activity will suit the group you are teaching – this will depend greatly on size of group/space available through to the core lesson structure you want to support Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk INSTRUCTION GAMES THE BEAN GAME 1) The children should begin by walking around the room in any direction or you could play initially on the spot 2) On the various commands listed below, they should carry out the appropriate action: COMMAND ACTION JUMPING BEAN RUNNER BEAN BROAD BEAN BAKED BEAN JELLY BEAN COMMAND ACTION Jump around the room BAKED BEANS ON TOAST Lie flat on floor, spread arms and legs as far as poss / Children lie in middle of area as close as poss / find partner and lay on floor Run around the room / on the spot (age/stage/space) FRENCH BEANS Stand and can-can / Strike a pose and shout “Bonjour” / Strike a pose and shout “oooh la la!” Stretch arms/legs as wide as you can / Walk around room with Large strides / Jump in star shape BACK TO BACK BEAN Find a partner and stand back to back till the next command Lay on floor in a star shape until next command / or – Lie on floor and sunbathe COFFEE BEANS Move round room slouching/silly movements , or Wobble like jelly KIDNEY BEANS Shiver and shake BUTTER BEANS Slide around on bottoms / make a cuboid shape Stand VERY still SANTAS BEEN Walk about wobbling your tummy shouting “Ho, Ho, Ho” Walk around with a puzzled/vacant expression, muttering under your breath HAS BEEN Walk around like old person / lookpoint-walk backwards / Lie on floor pretend to be dead Stand on tiptoes and make yourself as tall and thin as poss’ FLAT BEANS Use at the end to get Kids to lie flat on backs! Stand on spot-make self as long and thin like string / find partners hold hands and run around / make long thin shape / pretend to play air guitar! Wave wand or waggle fingers casting a spell / Or – Return to spot they MAGIC BEAN Started the game in / Skip around waving wand CHILLI BEAN FROZEN BEAN MR BEAN BEAN SPROUTS STRING BEANS All cough madly (Hands over mouth!) Stand still with arms & upper body bent fwds at waist / touch your toes! / bend into C shape and shout “chilli carne” Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk VIDEO RECORDER This activity can be used as a warm up to most PE lessons Children respond to the following video controls, using the appropriate actions: Play - walk around Rewind - run / walk backwards Fast Forward – run fwds Pause - jump on the spot Stop – stop Eject – Big Jump Up! Record - Pull a funny face! Search – Skip sideways Change – Change Direction SIMON SAYS Try to make this game as active and as fun as possible, combining aerobic and stretching activities Change directions quickly, some suggestions are jog on the spot, lift knees high, run around the room changing directions, skip around the room, touch your toes keeping legs straight, five tuck jumps on the spot etc Adapt TASK to make easier activity for younger stage pupils Teacher can model move correctly for pupils to improve specific skills – for progression teacher can say one thing and model another to catch kids out! TRAINS Set out cones in the shape of an athletics track modified to the space available The children are put into groups of four or more by the teacher, depending on class size The children must run anticlockwise around the track in their group’s one behind the other At intervals the teacher blows the whistle, on one blast, the pupil at the back of the group sprints to the front, and two sharp blasts means all the groups change direction in which they are running ONE BEHIND/ SWITCH Equipment: Music Set-Up: Have the students find their own personal spot, which allows them to have enough room to exercise Directions: The teacher leads the class in exercises with the class staying one exercise behind the teacher The teacher begins performing an exercise or stretch as the students stand at attention When the teacher switches to a different exercise the students begin performing the exercise the teacher did previously Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk UP, DOWN, STOP, GO Children have to listen carefully for this one!  On GO – Children must stop still  On STOP – Children must move around the space either walking / running  On UP – Children must sit/lay down  On DOWN – Children must stand and stretch up to the ceiling Teacher can catch children “out” if so desired TRAFFIC LIGHTS WITH CARS A simple warm up activity where the teacher/leader shouts commands and the group complete the relevant action COMMAND ACTION COMMAND RED Stop TRAFFIC JAM AMBER Sit down as fast as possible GREEN Run around the area ROUNDABOUT MOTORWAY SPEEDBUMP Turn round once Speed up (leave to late in w.up) Jump and carry on Pair up one behind other / Person in front leads the person behind who has eyes closed Everyone walks hunched over / low to ground Sit on floor and spin around shouting “nee naw nee naw” FOGGY WEATHER LOW BRIDGE POLICE CAR CHANGE LANES REVERSE PARKING ROADWORKS BREAKDOWN RAIN ZEBRA CROSSING LOLLIPOP LADY TRUCK ACTION Walk very slowly Change directions Walk Backwards Run in single file Lie down till next command Use arms as windscreen wipers Gallop like a zebra! Children put hands out in front of them and shout “STOP!” In pairs – One is the lorry the other the container For A really Simple version – use just RED/AMBER/GREEN and perhaps 1or others; This could be controlled by the adult/Leader by calling out colours OR waving appropriately coloured scarves / holding up coloured card circles / responding to percussion/music Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk PIRATE SHIP Children start by forming a line (one behind the other) directly in front of the teacher/Leader The teacher then shouts a command and the children have to perform the activity associated with the command; COMMAND ACTION Find a partner, sit on the floor MAN THE facing each other whilst holding LIFEBOATS hands – rock backwards and fwds (Sing row, row, row your boat) Run back and form original line MAIN DECK on front of the teacher (not in original order) SCRUB THE Crouch down and pretend to DECKS clean the floor with their hands CLIMB THE Children pretend to climb the RIGGING rope ladder CAPTAINS Children salute and shout “Aye COMING Aye Captain” MAN OVER Piggy back a partner BOARD COMMAND ACTION BOMB COMING OVER Duck down whilst holding their heads CAPTAINS WIFE Everyone curtseys (boys love it!) SHARK ATTACK HIT THE DECK N/S/E/W N/S/E/W – Alternative Lie on back with one arm in the air Lie on stomachs as quickly as possible Children run to that specific direction Children must run in opposite direction to command! HUMAN BOP-IT Useful activity for DANCE LESSONS as it gets kids thinking about rhythm and beat of the music It’s based on the ‘bop-it’ game bought in shops! You need a CD/Tape with a beat on and you call out the actions to which children respond in the following ways; KICK IT Children kick in front of them (ensure in space first!) TWIST IT Twist their bodies half way around then back / feet remaining on the same place on the floor SPIN IT Children turn around PULL IT Imagine they are pulling levers down from above their heads BOP IT Jump in the air! They must try to all the actions on the beat of the music!!!! Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk PASTA GAME Children begin by walking around the room in any direction On the various commands listed, they should carry out the appropriate action; COMMAND ACTION Walk around the room tall and SPAGETTI thin arms pointed together Walk around the room arms TAGLIATELLI pointed side by side PASTA Walk around the room turning TWIST round and round Walk round with legs and arms PASTA BOW apart, bow shaped COMMAND ACTION LASAGNE Lie flat on the floor SPAGETTI HOOPS Make a ‘hoop’ in a small group holding hands CANNELONI Roll on the floor RAVIOLI Stand back to back with a partner NORTH, SOUTH, EAST WEST Set up space and establish which direction is North/South, East and West ; Start with kids moving about in the middle then call one of the Directions – children then run to that wall/boundary - early stages just make sure kids clear on what they have to so limit instructions Progressions: Start increasing the number of instructions – i.e N/S/W/N – Kids need to remember and follow sequence Progression: Add in Another instruction – i.e N/S/W/N Groupx4 – They follow the sequence and then get into the group of that size – to make harder add Group/ Shape! LATE FOR SCHOOL This is a fun warm up activity – Tell the children to copy all your actions! Pretend you are asleep and suddenly wake up and you are late for school – Everything you is done on the spot – but in a hurry : Brush your teeth / wash your face / put your clothes on or run downstairs / run back up (forgot to put trousers / skirt on) back down stairs, eat breakfast, pick up your bag, open front door, shut the door , run down the street, jump over a hedge, look both ways – cross the road etc - Finally arrive at the school gates – slowing down and panting then suddenly stop at the closed gates – ITS SATURDAY!!!!! - Provide a running commentary whilst doing the actions – make it as fun as possible with as many actions as necessary to warm up the class – Its fun and easy to follow! A similar cool down activity is called “Getting ready for bed” – Involves a lot of stretching – miming clothes taken off, hugging teddies etc – Ending with kids on floor lying asleep! Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk MR MEN GAME Say the name of a Mr Men character and children have to move like him Some good ones to use are; CHARACTER MOVEMENT CHARACTER MOVEMENT MR SLOW Move Slowly MR RUSH Move fast MR JELLY Shake your whole body MR MUDDLE Walk Backwards MR BOUNCE Bounce! MR SMALL Crouch and move MR STRONG Move flexing muscles MR TALL Stretch up and move – Good one for introducing stretching MR DIZZY Turn/Walk around in circles MR RIDICULOUS Silly walk! Let your imagination flow; Other Mr Men: Messy / Perfect / Quiet / Cheerful / Bump! Other Little Ms: Careful / Daredevil / Fun / Loud / Princess / Scary! Probably best to avoid Little Miss SOMERSAULT! Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk CHASING GAMES TAILS Each pupil is given a braid/bib (Tail), which they tuck into a waistband Pupils have to collect as many Tails as possible; they must not hold on to their own tail, must not make physical contact and must not collect their own tail Play the game until all Tails are collected or for a designated period of time The teacher may ask who has collected the most braids or by repeating the game it can be made into a 'beat your previous best' activity Adaptations: Have catchers – once tail is captured – turn into chaser or sit out and “exercise” / Stretches outside playing area Adaptation: Once tail captured you now chase to capture others tails – winners at the end have tails! CHAIN TAG / BLOB TAG Select two or more chasers As soon as the whistle blows the chasers must tag other children who must then hold hands forming a chain As soon as the chain has four members, the children must split to become a pair The game ends when all children have been caught The last pupil to be caught can start another game of chain tag ICE AND SUN Select two children as the 'Ice' and give them blue bibs Select two children as the 'Sun' and give them yellow bibs The 'Ice' children must chase others; [apart from the 'Sun' children] touch them so they freeze Children can only become defrosted when they are touched by the 'Sun' Play the game for a designated amount of time CATERPILLAR TAG Divide the group into partners, with partners holding hands Designate which partners will be the taggers On the go signal, the taggers chase and try to tag the other partners - When tagged, they must freeze To become unfrozen, another set of partners must join hands with this pair This group must now stay together and try to avoid being tagged There is no limit to the size of the group or groups that form from joining with the frozen players Play for a designated time period or until all of the players are frozen Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS Choose four children to be the scorpions Their job is to move around on all fours (belly facing down) trying to sting as many of the other children as possible (touch) The other children are spiders; they have to move around on all fours (belly facing up) If a spider is stung it must hold either one foot or one arm in the air (3 point balance) until all of the spiders are stung or time runs out (A variation on the game is a special spider that delivers an antidote and releases the stung spiders) TOILET TAG Split the class in half – Those who are ‘On/It’ have to tag others When tagged, the child becomes a toilet! They have to kneel on one knee, arm up for the flush and other knee (foot on floor) flat for the toilet seat To be released, someone from your team must go to the loo on you and flush your chain! No one can tag you whilst you are on the loo – swap over after a couple of minutes! A funny, physical and thoroughly enjoyable game CATS AND MICE Two groups of equal size line up facing the teacher If the teacher shouts mice the cats have to chase the mice to a line about 10m away and vice-versa for shouting cats This game is great for awareness and agility and you can make it more fun by pointing in one direction and shouting another! STUCK IN THE MUD / CONTAMINATED MOLECULES Mark out an area – with 2/3 chasers in the area – Once the chasers tag an individual they must stand in a star shape – legs wide apart - they can only be released by a teammate crawling between their legs PROGRESSION - CONTAMINATED MOLECULES Select two or more chasers who are given beanbags or soft balls As soon as the whistle has been blown the chasers must touch as many of the children in the class as possible When a child is touched, he/she must stand still and wait to be released Children can be released by two members of the class who are still free These two members must co-operate by holding hands and encircling the captured pupil, who is then freed The game may end after a designated period of time or when all children have been captured Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk TEAM CHALLENGES SMUGGLERS (Or make up your own name related to a topic.)This is a warm up game using coloured hoops and coloured bean bags Scatter the hoops around the area in which you are working Split the class in half - smugglers or 'goodies' The goodies have a 30 second head start to place bean bags in their correct corresponding coloured hoop On the blow of the whistle, the smugglers 'steal' the bean bags from their correct hoops and place them incorrectly The 'goodies' have to keep going to try and remedy the problem Lots of fun, and gets the heart rate going! DISHES AND DOMES Scatter cones around the area, half up one way and half up the other Split your children into two groups – dishes and domes On command dishes have to turn cones to dish shape, domes turn cones to dome shape Safety- ensure no head collisions! LADDERS First pair up the children and sit them down facing each other, with legs flat and feet touching Now give the pairs numbers 1,2,3 and so on until every pair has a number – label pairs on one side TEAM A and TEAM B the other side You call a number and that pair will jump up and run up the ladder )over the children’s legs) then all the way down the outside of the pairs and back up the ladder and sit down when they get to their original place The first one to sit down in original place is the winner and gets a point for their team Or – As a team, the first pair runs up and around and as soon as they are in place the next person gets up and runs – until the whole team has run round! The first team to all sit down is the winners! COMMANDO Split the class into / teams – Their aim is to reach the opposite side of the hall Each team stands in a line at one side of the hall with their legs spread apart – the person at the back then crawls underneath all of the pairs of legs and then becomes the person in front of the line Once they reach the front they shout “NEXT” so the person at the back knows when to start – slowly but surely the line starts to move forward! TIP: Make the children stand closer together as its easier! Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk TEAM SEATING The task is an exercise to work as a class – learning to be a team! They must also be very careful and help each other as much as possible Children are to stand in a circle as close together as possible – turn and face right – their left arm in the middle of the circle Get the children to move a step in so they are physically body to body with the children in front (It has to be to work!) On three, all the children try to sit – They will find the person behind them will support them, therefore so will the person behind them and so on Weight is evenly distributed! – They will be able to almost hover! See if your children can work in a team! FRUIT BASKET Get the children into a large circle facing inwards and give each child one of four fruits, such as apples, grapes, oranges and bananas Call out one of the fruit names, children given that fruit have to run around the outside of the circle (clockwise) until back into their original place Last one to get back to their place is out and must sit down in the circle When you call “fruit basket”, ALL children run round and stand back in their original place I would this once a few children are out to avoid any collisions You can also call out more than one fruit name to make things a little more interesting! Below is an alternative way you can play this game; Divide the class into groups and have them move into each corner of the area Give each of the groups a fruit name such as apples, oranges, bananas and watermelons Call two of the fruit names and those groups have to run and change places They maintain the same name throughout the game When you call “fruit basket” all of the children run and sit in the centre of the area Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk MISCELLENAEOUS SHARKS Have a set of hoops scattered about the floor, with children moving about 'swimming' The stroke can be changed with older children, e.g front crawl / back stroke / running backwards When the teacher shouts "sharks", the children must get into hoops as quickly as possible (2 children to a hoop) Remove one hoop each time you shout "sharks", and ask the children to help when they are out to still make them feel part of it When only two people are left make them touch the wall at each side of the hall on the way round the hoop to avoid cheating! GUESS THE CORNER (Good activity to split groups / Good Social Me game) Choose one person from the class to be the caller They have to be blindfolded, or close their eyes Name the four corners of the hall / playground (the names can be anything, e.g flowers, food ) the rest of the class has 30 seconds to run to one of those corners The caller then shouts the name of one of the corners Whoever is in this corner is out Continue in this way until there is only one child left LUMPS (Excellent to split pupils into group numbers for activity!) Children are directed to run, hop or skip around the room at the teacher's direction On the teacher's command a number is called, e.g and the children have to get into groups of that number TIGGERS (More able skills required – sending/receiving skills) – Good intro to Games activity Mark out the area of activity Two children are chosen as 'Tiggers' The 'Tiggers' have a beanbag each The 'Tiggers' have to hit the other children below the knees with the beanbags Those children who are hit then join the 'Tiggers' team ‘Tiggers' cannot move with the beanbag The game should focus on passing between the 'Tiggers' GALLOPING LIZZIE (Good sending/receiving game) Have the players find their own place in the play area Choose one player as "it" and they take the sponge ball The game is played by "it" throwing the ball at another player, where the hit player would become "it" and have to take the job of throwing the ball To make the game more interesting, specify a certain style of throwing e.g underarm, left-handed etc Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk SPOT GAMES! SEEK YOUR SPOT Each child has a marker and puts it into a space; children sit on their own marker A few children are initially chosen to leave marker and walk/ run around, until signal and then return to marker (Develop by adding different ways of travelling e.g bouncing, giant strides, gallops, monkey walks…) FISHES As above but half the group remain seated, as rocks, whilst other half tip-toe (swim like fish in a rock pool) in and out of the seated children- avoiding the rocks THE TIDE IS COMING IN As above but children hopping skipping, jumping etc on the beach between the sandcastles, when the adult calls “the tides coming in” they hop, skip, jump back to the safety of their marker THE NUMBERS GAME Develop your pupils’ addition / subtraction skills in this enjoyable game Set up a square, marked out in the four corners of the hall, and marked with numbers 1,2,3,4 respectively On the floor of the hall, spread out, will be sets of numbers from 1-8 (so there will be four 1’s, four 2’s etc in the hall) Pupils will jog around the hall in and out of numbers The teacher shouts a number between and At this, the pupils have to pick up whatever number they are closest to, and using the numbers in the corners have to get the number the teacher shouted using adding or subtraction, e.g if the teacher shouts and the pupil picks up number 5, then that pupil must run to the corner numbered 2, as minus equals There will be a section marked out in the middle of the hall for those that can’t be solved, e.g if the teacher shouts and pupil picks up number then they can't make by adding or subtracting numbers 1, 2, or ADORATION This is a very simple warm-up game Start with the children spaced out Then name an object in the room (e.g something yellow, a wall, your best friend, opposite sex, John Smith, teacher etc.) Then, the children have to run over to that object, get down on their knees and 'worship' the object by repeatedly bowing and exclaiming 'oh, (wall) we love you' Change the object continuously and give children different options so they're not all in one corner (e.g a wall, a window) and identify good examples of ways to get up quickly to the class Rob McCombe – Partnership Development Manager (PDM) westnorwichpdm@yahoo.com Mob: 07766 952179 Follow us on Twitter: @ WNDSSP / Website: www.wndssp.co.uk RUN AROUND THE TEEPEES This is a fun, partner game / warm-up activity which can be played with the whole class Children find a partner Then make a circle One is the Indian and sits on the ground, cross legged The other is the teepee and stands behind their partner with their legs open To play, blow a whistle or ring a bell and tell the children which way round the circle they will be running I usually point the way as the game starts The 'Indians' have to go into their teepees (through their partner's legs) and run as fast as they can around the outside of the circle back to their teepee and enter through their partners legs again and sit down cross legged No one is allowed to push and overtaking must be around the outside of slower runners This game is particularly popular with boys!!! When they have had goes, swap over I usually also call out 'teepees'; the teepees must run around the circle and back to their spot This creates excitement as the children don't know what you will call out! Again, swap roles after a few turns BLACKOUT You'll need a few scarves, pieces of cloth etc for a blindfold Pick around 2-5 kids (depending on how many are in your group/class) and blindfold them up Then get the others to find a space and stay there, but make sure they don't go too far away The blindfolded ones have to try and find the others If they find and touch one, they have to go and get a blindfold and join in too! The last one not found, wins! Tips: Everybody could talk and giggle and shout 'Here I am!' to help the blindfolded, but remember, they cannot move! OR if you don't have enough blindfolds, the ones who have been found have to run around, tapping the blind ones and talking to confuse them! 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