Space Tag
Grade Level: K-6
Skills Developed: Locomotor and non-locomotor skills, agility, cardiovascular endurance, cooperation, fair play, and spatial awareness.
Equipment Needed: 6-8 cones, 4 hula hoops
How to Play:
Designate a playing area with clear boundaries.
Variations:
Skills Developed: Locomotor and non-locomotor skills, agility, cardiovascular endurance, cooperation, fair play, and spatial awareness.
Equipment Needed: 6-8 cones, 4 hula hoops
How to Play:
Designate a playing area with clear boundaries.
- Set up: place the cones in a circle in the center or the gym (big enough so several kids can easily stand inside). [You can also use the center circle of the basketball court instead of using cones]. Scatter the 4 hoops or "Space Stations" around the circle.
- Choose 4-6 students to be the "aliens" (taggers). All the other students are "astronauts".
- The aliens are trying to rid outer space of the pesky astronauts who keep placing satellites and probes all over the place.
- When an alien tags an astronaut, that player must go to the "black hole" (center circle).
- The only way to escape the black hole is for another astronaut to pull them out without stepping inside the black hole.
- If an astronaut wants to be safe he/she can "hide" inside a space station (hula hoop). Only one astronaut is allowed inside a space station at a time. However, if another astronaut steps inside the space station the first astronaut must leave and return to outer space.
- Switch aliens every 1-2 minutes.
Variations:
- Use different locomotor skills (jogging, leaping, jumping, skipping), to travel in space.