Then try light jogging, with a medium noise – aaaaahh – coming from everyone’s mouth, about the volume of talking. Then try a fast walk, and raise the volume of the sound coming out of everyone’s mouth. Start by all humming very faintly, and walking really slowly. The volume of the sound they make will be directly linked to how fast they move. The idea is that the children are going to move and make noises at the same time. This is best done outside in a large space. This is possibly my all-time favorite mindful PE game. This game is all about freedom and expression! Good toes naughty toes 7. Naughty toes – They should dance around wildly using the space and not bumping into anyone else. Good toes – They should stand completely still with their feet together There are two instructions that the children are going to listen out for. This is another simple listening game requiring no equipment. Remember to swap over so that both children have a chance to be the leader. It follows you everywhere, and your movements are identical.Īs the leaders move around the space, the shadow follows and copies exactly what they do.Įncourage the children to use different levels of movement.Įncourage them to use different speeds of movement One child is the leader, the other is their shadow.Įxplain how your shadow does exactly what you do. Keep playing until all the tunnels are trains. When a train has been through a tunnel, the tunnel is released and becomes a train. The trains should run around the space until you shout Whoo Whoo.Īt the sound of the train whistle, they should crawl through as many of the tunnels as they can. They should make a tunnel by putting both their hands and feet on the floor and arching their back as high as they can to make a high tunnel with their body. This is a similar version to the game above. There are always loads of train enthusiasts among pretty much any age of children, so this game is always a winner.Įxplain that the rest of the children are tunnels. When all the Hares are caught by the foxes, the game is over and you start a new game with a new group of foxes. To catch a hare, simply touch them (gently, please! No fox attacks). The foxes also move on four legs (hands and feet) but they should be quicker as they are less restricted. To hop, they should move both feet together and then put two hands together on the floor, just like a rabbit or a hare moves in bunny hops. The hares move around the space by hopping. So if you are playing with 10 children, 2 children can be foxes. Once the children have got a good understanding of space, and they can stop and start on your command, there are lots of fun games you can introduce.Īim of the game: To catch all the hares of course!Ībout a fifth of the children should be foxes.

This book contains all the very best mindfulness circle games, active circle games, math games, literacy circle games, and so much more! You can check out the book here. This is one of the favorite games from my book 101 Circle Time Games…That Actually Work! Keep going for a few goes, before changing partners to see if your ESP works better or worse on other people.Īs well as being a great PE activity, I often use this as a circle time game in class. You want to do the move that you think your partner will do.ĭo the same move? Woo woo! You activated your ESP. Simply put, this is the ability to read your partner’s mind (which is very exciting).Įveryone displays one of the three moves at the same time. The true challenge now is to activate your ESP, which (as pretty much all kids seem to know), is your Extra-Sensory Perception.

Once you’ve played it a couple of times, the kids can come up with their own ideas. What you do is invent three movements and demonstrate them to the group. This is a brilliant pairs game, that is good as a warm-up.

Kindergarten pe games