Hello all,

It’s another week of lockdown learning and I hope you are all doing ok.  In light of getting outside and trying to add a little more activity to your day I’m going to share a few of the warm up games we play in school.  All of these can be played in the garden, at a park or any green space you might visit during your daily walk. I’ll also add a choice board to use if appropriate for your child.

What’s The Time Mr Wolf

This is a big playground favourite at Hillside. I’m sure you all know it well but here is how we play it.

• Someone is the wolf and stands at one end of the space with their  back to everyone else.
• The others then ask ‘what’s the time Mr Wolf’ and the wolf replies one, two ,three, four or five o clock. The players then take the associated number of steps towards the wolf.
• This continues until the wolf answers ‘its dinner time’ when he/she then chases all the players.

Traffic Light Game 

This is an easy one that can be done in any space and indoors as it can be done on the spot.

• Someone is the caller and shouts red, amber or green. Everyone can take a shot at being the caller and pupils with switches or talkers can have fun with this too.
• Everyone else has to follow the callers instructions.
• RED- means stop or freeze. AMBER- means walk/wheeled slowly. GREEN- go as fast as you can.

Blast Off

We have lots of fun playing this at school.

• We usually use a few hula hoops spread out over the gym hall but these could be substituted for chalk drawn circles, circles made up from stones/twigs or old pillowcases/rags laid out within the area.
• The players then wind in and around the circles and a caller shouts rocket launch. Each player has to get into the circle as quick as they can.
• They then count down from 10 and blast off, weaving in and out the circles again.

Shark Attack

We always used to play this with our buddies from Barshare.

• Its set up the same as above with circles  spread out within the area and players weave in and out.
• The catcher shouts shark attack and the players need to get to a safe zone before getting eaten (tagged) by the shark.

Body Part Game

Make sure you have clothes on you don’t mind getting dirty for this one if you are playing outside.

• Players move quickly around the space and a caller shouts out different body parts.
• The players then need to put that body part on the ground. For wheelchair users players would put their hands on the body part called.

Ball Steal

We play this in teams at school and our young people always love shouting their teammate on. However it works fine with one player too and can be timed for a competitive element.

• This game is usually played with balls but these can be swapped for any objects around the home like toys, socks rolled into a ball or even stones.
• The object is to place the objects a reasonable distance away from the player.
• The player has a basket or bag or box and has to steal all the objects as quickly as they can. However they can only retrieve one item at a time.
• Try timing one another and aim to beat your partners time or if you have a sibling get them involved and race and count out who collects the most items.
• For wheelchair users you might want to try and put the items on a chair or somewhere higher up so the young person can be more independent when collecting.

Choice Board- warm up games

 

Take care everyone and please share any photos of the young people taking part in any learning at home if you manage to snap any. As always please please don’t hesitate to contact me for any more information, ideas, personalisation of activities or just for a chat about how best to support your young person with these activities.

Thanks and stay safe,

Susie