Spiders & Scorpions
Grade Level: K-6
Skills Developed: Locomotor and non-locomotor skills, flexibility, strength, agility, balance, cooperation, and teamwork.
Materials Needed: None
How to Play:
Designate a playing area with marked boundaries - this game can be played in any large open space, indoors or outdoors.
Skills Developed: Locomotor and non-locomotor skills, flexibility, strength, agility, balance, cooperation, and teamwork.
Materials Needed: None
How to Play:
Designate a playing area with marked boundaries - this game can be played in any large open space, indoors or outdoors.
- Choose 3-4 students to be the "scorpions". There job is to move around the playing area on all fours (belly facing down) trying to sting (tag) as many of the other players as possible.
- All the other players are "spiders". They have to move around the playing area on all fours (belly facing up).
- If a spider is stung (tagged) by one of the scorpions it must hold either one arm or one foot up in the air (3 point balance).
- The player must remain in a 3 point balance until another spider comes to their rescue by tagging them.
- Play for a set time or until there are only a few spiders who haven't been stung.
- Choose different students to be the scorpions every 2-3 minutes.