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State Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students work on knowledge of state capitols by playing a tag game using a variety of locomotor movements.
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Food Pyramid Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a tag game with the purpose of learning about the food pyramid. In this food pyramid lesson, students are challenged to find photos of specific food groups without being tagged. During this lesson, a whistle is...
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USA State Tag / Mississippi River Shuffle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are given the opportunity to play a tag game while studing geographical sites in the U.S.A. (relative to the Mississippi River or to other geographic features you may choose).
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Skipping Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars participate in a tagging game that involves skipping as the locomotor skill. With one person playing "it," students must skip around the tag area trying to get away from the tagger, and with the tagged young scholars...
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Frosty's Freeze Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students improve their chasing, fleeing and dodging skills in a cooperative, fun, holiday game using white (fleece) snowballs.
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Tag: Everyone is it!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students play a game of tag in which every student is "it." For this physical education lesson, students participate in a game of tag in which they are all "it." Students perform jumping jacks after they are tagged.
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Nemo Tag 2

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Several students are chosen to be taggers (and wear goggles), 2 more are chosen to be Dorie (and carry the blue fish), and Merlin (and carry the orange fish). The rest of the students are Nemo's. The Nemos begin on one of the mats...
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Heart Alert

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore some of the causes and preventions of heart disease. Young learners play a game of tag in which the taggers role play as risk factors for heart disease. Players who are tagged call out "heart alert" and are saved when someone...
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Pin Grab

For Teachers K - 4th
Pin Grab is a basic tag game. Each player has a clothes pin attached to the back of their shirt. Other players try to grab them off. If a player has their pin grabbed off they must do a physical activity, such as jumping jacks to get...
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Everybody's It

For Students 1st - 8th
Everyone is a tagger in this gym game. If a tagger tags someone else, then that person must sit down. The only way for that person to be back in the game is if the person that did the tagging is tagged by someone else. 
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Keeper of the Castle

For Students 2nd - 8th
Set up four Hula Hoops in each corner of the gym that will be used as a base for each team. Use the center circle of the gym as the "castle" with a bunch of "treasure" in it. The treasure consists of a variety of pieces of equipment....
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Let's Play Outside!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here are 14 games for you to bring to summer camp, a neighborhood gathering, or a birthday party!
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Shoot the Bacon!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Delight your young athletes by leading this fun twist on a classic blacktop PE game.
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Capture The Ball

For Students 4th - 8th
Play this fun twist on capture the flag with your class! After setting up the equipment, divide the class into two equal teams, and choose one person to be a guard on each team. The guard is the only person on either team allowed to...
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Modified T-Ball

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Baseball can be so entertaining! Here are a few great ideas you can use to get your learners with visual impairments out on the old ball field. A sound-enhanced pitching device or T-ball stand is used to alert players when it's time to...
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Pirates of the Caribbean

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" tag game to demonstrate scooter skills and safety techniques. Students identify and discuss scooter safety rules, then play a tag game with each student (pirate) on a scooter, with...
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Hanukkah Tag Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discuss the celebration of Hanukah. They play a Hanukkah tag game. Students pretend to be candle makers and "shamus" candles. They practice chasing, fleeing, and dodging games.
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Spell Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work on their spelling skills by spelling a word to get unfrozen if tagged.
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Fitness Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils spread out in general space. Have 2/4 students be the taggers. On the teachers signal the activity starts with the taggers trying to tag the "runners". When taggeg, pupils then go to an area and perform an exercise.
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Alphabet Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students work on letter recognition as they play a game of tag. To get unfrozen they make a letter with their body and a free runner guesses the letter.
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Pathogen Attack

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students play a game of tag to explain pathogens in their bodies.
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Caveman Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice fleeing and dodging skills, spatial awareness, some experience with normal tag games.
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Snowshoe Tag Games

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils play a new version of tag on snowshoes. Students are able to discover advantages and disadvantages of wearing snowshoes based on their performance in the game of tag.
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Exercise Tag ( a non elimination tag game)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students scatter and sit in their own personel space. Some of them get foam balls. On the teacher's signal, they play foam ball tag.

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