![]() There are a ton of great physical education resources online, but it takes a lot of time to sort through all the information and find the "best" resources. On this website you will find a wide variety of elementary physical education games and activities, including warm-up games, cool-down games, cooperative games, tag games, and dance activities/games. I have spent countless hours and nights searching for good physical education games. I’ll make their task something like jumping jacks, sitting against the wall, burpees, or so on.The purpose of this website is to provide a comprehensive, online physical education resource designed specifically for elementary teachers. If the student is tagged a third time, they must go to the “hospital” (a designated corner of the gym or playing area) and complete a task to re-join the game. Now, they cannot tag others, so they simply run around and avoid being tagged. If they get tagged a second time, they put their second hand on the spot they’ve been tagged. If they get tagged once, they must put one hand on the spot they’ve been tagged, and continue playing and attempting to tag others with one free hand. In this game, all of the students are “it”. If they get tagged running to a new corner, they must join the “it” person in the middle and try to tag students in the next round. The student in the centre calls out a number from 1-4 and the students from that corner must run to one of the other three corners safely. Start with one or two kids in the centre and the rest of the students must choose one of the four corners of the gym to go to. Number each corner of the gym from 1-4 and make sure all the kids know the numbers. I don’t like the original version because there’s too much sitting around and watching others play when kids are “out”. In my version of four corners, kids are running and moving the whole time. There are two versions of this game – one where the “it” student closes their eyes and all the others have to whisper and sneak around, and the other that I prefer. Try things like dragons and centaurs, wolves and bears, etc. I just used “cops and robbers” here because it’s the title most people are familiar with. You may not even realize that these are triggering, so I suggest using different terminology all the time. NOTE: if the terms “cops” and “robbers” are triggering for any kids, use different words. ![]() The robbers can free their fellow robbers by running into the jail and tagging them (one person at a time). When a cop tags a robber, the robber must go into “jail” (I designate a corner of the gym to be the jail). The cops’ goal is to get all the robbers into jail and the robbers’ goals is to run amok and not get thrown in jail. Split the class into two teams – cops and robbers. This is a fun game and, after playing one round, you can switch which team are the cops and which are the robbers so everyone gets a turn to do both. You can play this with one or two “it” students, or you can combine it with revenge tag and make everyone it. Once a student is tagged, they must sit down where they were tagged, creating an obstacle other students cannot move around. They cannot jump between lines or over other students. In this game, students can only move along the gym floor lines. ![]() So if you have a headache one day, the walking version is definitely your friend. I love line tag because you can have kids play it running or walking. Play around with these! Make them work for you and your students! Here are some of my personal favourite tag games to play with my kiddos and which they never seem to tire of! You may have played your own versions of these with different names or slightly different rules. Starting the year this way ensures all the kids know the rules to our basic go-to games and I can draw from these easily for the rest of the year. ![]() Depending on the weather, I’ll do a mix of indoor games, field games, and tarmac games. I start each year (or term) with a games unit. If you teach junior high or high school you can have them start as soon as they’re out of the change room. If you teach elementary, you can have them start a game as soon as they enter the gym. Then, when I feel they’ve gotten enough warm-up time, I’ll blow my whistle (or my harmonica, or whatever it is you use) and have them come into their sitting positions so I can explain our next task to them. I let them know the game we’re playing and they immediately start moving around. Personally, I like to have the kids begin a warm up (usually a tag game) as soon as they enter the gym.
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