PE Playworks Kindergarten

Practice andPlay

Review safe tagging ● Taggers must always use “butterfy fngers”, which are soft, futtering fngers that only tag on U.S.A. ○ Upper back ○ Shoulders ○ Arms ● While students are encouraged to continuously run, make sure they understand how to safely move around others and help each other out by freezing them. ● Have students change up their movement by pausing the game and announcing new ways to move. ○ Skipping (step-hop) ○ Leaping (bounding off of one foot) ○ Galloping (one foot staying in front of the other)

Debrief

Return to Home Base and ask the following: ● How did it feel helping others? ● What made this game fun for you?

Prepare your students for the next activity.

Bubbles

Show How How to Play:

● Have students spread out within the playing area. ● The goal is to see how many “volleys” they can get (as individuals or in small groups). ● Encourage them to use their hands, open palms above their head, and to hit it up towards the ceiling. ● Keep track and see if they can break the “school record” for their grade. Our kinder school record is 10! Can this group beat that? Review how to stay safe in this game ● If each student has a balloon, tell them to keep spread out from others. If their balloon travels too far, remind them to keep an eye out for others. ● If they are working in small groups, use cones to mark off areas they can stall within. Make sure they: ○ Call for the ball, saying “I got it!”

Practice andPlay

○ Stay in their own area so everyone gets a chance ○ They can only hit the balloon one time in a row

● Groups can use:

○ Beach balls ○ Balloons (latex free) ○ Gator balls ○ Any soft/light ball

Debrief

Ask the following: