Not Our Beanbags!

Suggested Grades

Any

Objective

Students will develop an awareness of and practice the mobility needed to run around with and from other children, and throw bean bags.

Materials

• open playing area (gym or field) with a line marking the middle of it
• bean bags

Method

• Have students split into two teams and line up at each end of the gym or field.
• In the middle of the play area line up around thirty bean bags all across.
• The object of the game is to keep the bean bags off of your side of the play area.
• Yell go! Students proceed to throw bean bags on the other side of the play area.
• After a few minutes, yell stop or blow a whistle. Students drop the bean bags where they are.
• Count the bean bags on each side, the side that has the less number of bean bags win.
• Play again.