Category: Small Group

Gaga Ball

· ALL, Dodgeball, Fun, Gr 3, Gr 4, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, Small Group

Grade level: 3-8
Equipment: Soft bouncy ball, playing area
Game Description: Gaga Ball gets players inside a mini-arena and has them strike the ball at eachother below the knee, trying to eliminate each other from the ring. Once eliminated, players jump to the outside of the ring and wait there until the teacher yells out jailbreak or until a new round begins. Works on dodging, striking, and agility.

Volleyball Hoops

· ALL, Fun, Gr 4, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, Small Group, Volleyball, Warm-up

Grade level: 4-8
Equipment: Volleyballs
Game Description: A fun game to practice bumping and setting skills in volleyball. A passer tosses the ball to his teammate who then tries to bump or set the ball into the basketball hoop. Players rotate, and have many chances to score points for every successful hoop. A great way to practice passing accuracy. Definitely a must-play physical education game as a part of a volleyball unit or bumping or volleying progression.

500

· ALL, Baseball, Football, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, Outdoor, Small Group

Grade Level: 5-8
Equipment: Football, baseball, frisbee
Game Description: 500 is also known as ‘Jackpot’. Read More →

Red-Light Green-Light Dribbling

· ALL, Basketball, Gr 4, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, Outdoor, Small Group

Grade level: 4-8
Equipment: Basketballs
Game Description: This P.E. game has students practice basic start and stop signals, as well as the dribbling skill in basketball. It’s the typical red means stop, green means go game but with the added difficulty of dribbling the basketball (but no double dribble)!

Bump

· ALL, Basketball, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, Outdoor, Small Group

Grade level: 5-8
Equipment: 2 basketballs
Game Description: What a fun shooting game! Players can get really sweaty; a good sign of healthy exercise. This continuous shooting game gives lots of reps of practice for the shooting skill. Even when players get knocked out of the game, they can either cheer on their friends who are left in the game or go shooting around on another hoop. This is a definite must-play physical education game, especially as a part of a basketball unit.

Obstacle Courses

· ALL, Fun, Gr 1, Gr 2, Gr 3, Gr 4, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, K, Small Group

Grade level: K-8
Equipment: Huge variety
Game Description: Time to be creative! Dig out a bunch of equipment, ask the students to help out, and spend some time building the most creative obstacle course you can think of. Then it’s time to have some fun and travel through the course. Incorporate a variety of movement and transport skills!

3-on-3

· ALL, Basketball, Gr 5, Gr 6, Gr 7, Gr 8, Outdoor, Small Group

Grade level: 5-8
Equipment: Basketball
Game Description: 3-on-3 basketball is a great way to play a scrimmage-type game using only 1 net. It’s great for practicing screens, picks and rolls, give and gos, triangles, cuts, and all other fundamental basketball skills. Many lunch hours have been spend in the gym playing good old 3 on 3 basketball.

What Time Is It Mr. Wolf?

· ALL, Gr 1, Gr 2, K, No Equipment!, Outdoor, Small Group, Tag

Grade level: K-2
Equipment: None
Game Description: The classic game of What Time Is It Mr. Wolf…the big bad wolf stands opposite from the group who keeps asking him what time it is. If it’s 10:00, the students take 10 steps closer. 5:00 and it’s 5 steps closer. Soon it will be LUNCH TIME and the wolf is hungry! The first player he chases and catches becomes the new wolf.

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