This variation of the traditional game of soccer will work your students' triceps and hamstrings while helping them develop reaction time, flexibility and coordination. Crab soccer ball is played by separating the students into two teams. You will need to set up goals at opposite ends of a outdoor field or indoor gymnasium using cones. Players will have to move in a crab-walk position through out the game, and try to kick a large soft ball into the other team's goal. No hands can be used. The team that scores the most goals wins.
By teaching students how to follow the basic steps of a line dance, you are actually teaching them the math skill of recognizing patterns. Start by teaching the children to stomp their feet to the count of 4/4. Once they have this down, move on to teaching them how to grapevine step. Add music. Once the class has the basics down, you can move on to a dance that is a little more challenging, like the macarena.
This game is played outdoors and requires plenty of room for the children to run. Designate one or two children to be the dog catchers. All the other students will need to wear removable flag-football belts. The two dog catchers will start by standing in the middle of the field. When the whistle blows the dog catchers will try to pull the flag-football belts off the dogs. If a dog's belt is pulled, she becomes a dog catcher. The game continues until no dogs are left.
This game is a fun way to involve the entire class in constant movement and spend time outdoors. Choose up to four children to be "it." Line all the other children up at the opposite end of the field and have them choose a color of the rainbow. The "it" people will call out a color. When the children's' color is called they run into the field and try to avoid being tagged. If they are caught, they are out for the remainder of the game.