PE Games

The first game that I found for elementary aged children is a game called:

 

Not in my Backyard!

The equipment that you would need for this game is:

• A LOT of Foam Balls (make sure they are soft and not too hard)

The first thing that you would need to do is divide the students up into two teams. Have one team at one end of the gym, and the other team on the other side of the gym. Line up the foam balls on a middle line in the gym. Once each team is ready, yell GO! Each team will than run to the middle line to grab the balls. The goal of this game is not to hit the other players on the other team but try to get all the balls off of their side of the gym and onto the other teams side of the gym. When the instructor yells STOP! Everyone must stop throwing the balls and count how many balls are on their side of the court (in their backyard). The team with the least amount of balls (or junk) in their "back yard" wins!

The second game that I had found for elementary aged children was called:

 

Moon Monster!

 

There is no equipment needed for this game. The teacher will secretly pick out the student who will be the "moon monster". The student will not know that they are the moon monster.The teacher keeps this a secret so that the other students do not know who the moon monster is. The teacher will than gather the class and start giving hints to the class of who the "moon monster" is. The teacher could say hints like "The moon monster is a girl!" or "The moon monster is wearing a red shirt!" The class will than try to guess who the "moon monster" is. Each time the students guess incorrectly who the "moon monster" is, the teacher adds to the "moon monster" description. When the students guess correctly, the teacher will than say, "The Moon Monster IS Melissa!" Then Melissa will have to try to tag everybody in the class. When the students get tagged by the moon monster they freeze. After a while of playing with one moon monster the teacher can call everyone back into the centre circle and repeat the process of picking a moon monster.

 

A game for high school students that I found that I thought would be interesting is called:

 

Body Part Freeze Tag!

 

This game does not need any equipment. This game is a variation of the popular tag game freeze tag. In this variation of the freeze tag game, the teacher must designate two players who will be "it." The players who are "it" must go and tag the other players and freeze whatever parts of their bodies they have touched. If they tag someones leg, that person must hop on one leg. If they tag the person's arm, the person cannot use their arm again.

A second game for high school students that I had found was the popular game called:

Ultimate Frisbee!

 

This game would need:

• a Frisbee
• 2 goals (like hockey nets) 
• 2 sets of different coloured pinnies for each of the teams

 

The instructor will than divide the class up into 2 teams. One team will be one colour of pinnie, and the other team will be the other colour of pinnie. The two goals will be set up on each end of the gym. The object of the game is to try and get the Frisbee into the opposing teams goal. However, you are only allowed to take 2 steps with the Frisbee than you must pass the Frisbee. You can do long passes or short passes. If you drop the Frisbee it is than given to the opposing team. This game encourages students to run a great deal and gives nearly every student an opportunity to throw or catch the Frisbee. To make the game less challenging, you could eliminate the use of a goal and just make a goal line. So once the Frisbee is caught across the goal line, the team receives a point.