Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment 8-10 hoops, 8-10 skipping ropes. Instructions Hoops and ropes scattered around the area, close enough together to jump from hoop to hoop or rope to hoop. One or 2 players are “it” and can move anywhere on the ground. All other players must move from hoop to hoop or […]

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Band for the tagger Instructions Children spread out within playing area. One child is “it”. Children are safe from being tagged if they are “hugging” another player. The child who is “it” tries to tag another player who is not “hugging”. When tagged, that person becomes “it” and wears

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions Free spacing; 1 player is “it”. The child who is “it” chases and tries to tag other children. If another player runs between the “it” and the players being chased, the tagger must then start chasing that player. When a player is caught they become the new

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions Children in groups of 4-5. One person is the fox; the others are the geese and stand in a line holding onto the waist of the person in front. The fox tries to tag the last child in the line. The geese move around to avoid the

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Team bands or bibs. Instructions Everyone is “it” and can tag everybody else. Players are both attacking and defending. When tagged players jog on the spot. Variation Rather than eliminate, players receive a point against their name if tagged. Lowest score wins.

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Band or bib per team Instructions Children in groups of 6-8 lined up one behind the other all hold onto the waist of the person in front. Back person tucks a band or bib into the back of their skirt or shorts. On “Go”, the front person in line

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions Groups of 5-7 children, hands linked in a circle. One child is the cat and stays outside the circle, another child is the mouse and stays inside the circle. The cat tries to get into the circle to catch the mouse who can “duck” in and out

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions Children in freely spaced pairs, side by side with elbows linked. Two children stand free. One free-standing child is the tagger; the other child is the runner. Tagger chases the runner, if the runner is caught and tagged they immediately reverse roles and the runner chases the

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment Team bands – enough for whole class. Instructions Children in pairs back to back, joined by linking elbows. One pair is “it” and moves about trying to tag other joined pairs. When tagged the new pair become taggers. If a pair comes apart they become the new taggers. Variation

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions One child is “it”. This person is known as the “Amoeba” and they attempt to tag another child. When tagged by the Amoeba the 2 join hands and continue to chase. Each child who is caught by the Amoeba joins hands and the line of children continues

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions Children in groups of 4. Three children join hands in a circle and the 4th person stands out.One child from the circle is chosen to be the victim and the free player attempts to tag that person.The tagger is not permitted to reach across the circle to

Area Hall, grass, hard surface. Equipment None. Instructions Children in groups of 4. Three children join hands in a circle and the 4th person stands out.One child from the circle is chosen to be the victim and the free player attempts to tag that person.The tagger is not permitted to reach across the circle to