The Bean Game

Aim:   To increase the children’s heart rate and to have fun.
   This activity can be used as a warm up game for either drama sessions or coincide with P.E

Time allocation:  15 mins
1. All children one end of the hall (classroom, playground) which is called top and teacher shouts out following instructions in random order.
2. Shouted instructions are:
 runner bean – run on the spot
  string bean – hold hands and in a long string snake around the room
  jumping bean- jump up and down 
  jelly bean – wobble like a jelly
  broad bean – make yourself as wide as possible. 
  chilli bean – shiver
  baked bean – sun bathe

Fruit Bowl

Aim:   To increase heart rate and for fun.
Time allocation: 15 mins
1. All children in a circle sat down (remember to take out one chair)
2. Name all children apple, orange or lemon
3. One person stands in the middle of the circle and shout either Apple Orange or Lemon. 
4. Or you can shout  “Fruit Bowl” then everyone gets up and moves
5. When one of the fruits is called all the people in that category get up and move to a vacant chair. 
6. You can’t move to a chair next to you, and once your bottom has left the chair you must move.

The Dragon’s cave.   

Aim: To increase children’s spatial awareness and co-ordination and control
Time allocation: 10 minutes.

1. A child plays the part of the sleeping dragon at one end of the space facing the wall.  When the dragon begins snoring the game has begun.  
2. The rest of the class must sneak silently towards the dragon to steal the golden scarf that is tucked into the waist band of the child playing the dragon.
3.  The dragon may turn around and snarl at any time, and if they spot anyone moving they send them back to the beginning.

Do, do, do, as I do!

This game is similar to follow my leader. Everybody walks round in a circle, chanting “Do, do, do as I do, don’t worry!” over and over again together. Whoever is chosen to go into the middle must invent a move for everybody to copy as they move around the circle. After a while they choose someone to take over by tapping them on a the shoulder. Then it is that person’s chance to invent a new move.

During the game everybody must keep moving!

The Prince’s Olympics

The Prince was invited to the Dragon chasing competition.  What other events could be part of the Prince’s Olympics?  For example:
 Climbing Rapunzel’s Hair.
 Golden Egg and spoon racing.
 Catapult Challenge.

After discussion the children’s ideas could be tried out in P.E.