Holiday
K - 2 Five Little Pumpkins 1 - 5 Valentine's Day Tag
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The holidays are a great time to have fun with your class. It is a time to take a break from the curriculum and celebrate. Sometimes we have parties that run too long and we wish that we could go outside with the kids and do an activity that relates to the holiday. Here are some games to play that are tied into a holiday theme.

PPEP-PALS Lesson Sharing
Teacher & School: Cheryl Ripoll, Roseland
Activity Grade Level
Valentine's Day Tag 1 - 5
Equipment Needs Needs 2-4 small foam balls, red if you have them. Valentine's Day cards, basket to place cards in
Facility/Playground Needs Gym / Blacktop
Lesson Objective (Psychomotor and/or Cognitive):

Having fun with a game and linking it to the holiday theme.
Teaching Hints:

Description:

Make sure the kids know where the boundaries are for the game and set the basket outside the boundaries that is holding various Valentine's Day cards You can use the ones that have been handed out that day. Then select 2-4 students to hold the red foam balls - they are the taggers. If a student gets tagged by a person with a red foam ball, he/she must assume the shape of a valentine with hands held in a heart shape over their head, feet together. To get back in the game a student who is free runs to the basket, gets a Valentines Day card and reads it to the frozen person. Once it is read the person who read it puts it back in the basket. The frozen person is now free to get back in the game.
Alternatives/Modifications

Start with walking, then switching to skipping, gliding, or running.
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