Category: Gr 3

Barnyard


Grade level: 1-4
Equipment: None
Game Description: In this PE game, Farmers will try and tag the animals as they run by. Choose some pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, or whatever you’d like and let the games begin. Once tagged, the animals must run once around the barnyard before re-entering the game. Read More →

S.P.U.D.


Grade level: 3-8
Equipment: Dodgeball
Game Description: In SPUD, there’s a little bit of anticipation, a little bit of excitement, and a lot of fun. Players get the chance to move, dodge, throw, as the game goes on. There’s only 1 dodgeball, but you’ve still gotta keep your head up. Read More →

Corner Ball


Grade level: 2-8
Equipment: Soccer ball, benches
Game Description: Corner ball is a gym game that has 4 teams competing on one-on-one-on-one-on-one situations. This soccer-based game is a student favorite, and it gives players a chance to hone their soccer skills – dribbling, control, shooting, agility. Try it out as part of your soccer unit or as a stand-alone game. Read More →

Scrabble


Grade level: 2-8
Equipment: Letters on poster paper
Game Description: Scrabble is a spelling game for P.E. A great way to incorporate literacy into your physical education program! Teams will set-up in a relay style, grab letters, spell words, and add up points. Movement, literacy, numeracy, and team-building all in one. Read More →

Old Grey Cat


Grade level: K-4
Equipment: None
Game Description: Old Grey Cat is a great game for younger students. It’s a fleeing and chasing game with a chant that will get stuck in your head and annoy you for the rest of the day: ‘We are weak little birds way up in a tree, you’re an old grey cat and you can’t catch me’. Read More →

Pass It On


Grade level: 2-8
Equipment: Hula hoops, various items
Game Description: This team-building game is great for any physical education class. Players will work together to pass objects to each other to be the first team to successfully move all objects from one end to the other. There’s a catch though…players are must all lay down on their backs and pass only with their feet. Read More →

Hunter Hawks


Grade level: 2-8
Equipment: Hula hoops
Game Description: Communication is key in this game, as birds try to leave their tree nests safely so that the hunter hawks cannot land in them. Using hula hoops as the tree nests, students communicate and switch spots, but might end up becoming a hunter hawk looking for a new home. Read More →