Bees & Butterflies
Grade Level: K-6
Skills Developed: Spatial awareness, teamwork, agility, cardiovascular endurance, locomotor and non-locomotor skills.
Equipment Needed: Two soft objects that can be used at "stingers"
How to Play:
Designate a playing area with clear boundaries.
A few things to remember...
Skills Developed: Spatial awareness, teamwork, agility, cardiovascular endurance, locomotor and non-locomotor skills.
Equipment Needed: Two soft objects that can be used at "stingers"
How to Play:
Designate a playing area with clear boundaries.
- Choose 2 students to be the "bees" and give them the stingers.
- All other players are butterflies.
- The bees job is to try and sting as many butterflies as possible (tagging them on the legs with the stingers).
- A butterfly that has been stung must stop where it is and freeze. For a butterfly to heal, 2 other butterflies must link arms around the injured butterfly and escort them to a designated area (e.g. center circle) where the bees can't go.
- Once in the designated area the injured butterfly will count out loud to 5 (or 10) and then they can rejoin the game.
- Play the game for a set time or play until there are only a few butterflies who haven't been stung.
A few things to remember...
- Butterflies escorting an injured butterfly cannot be tagged.
- Butterflies cannot hide out in the safe area.
- Emphasize and demonstrate the proper way to tag safely.