Ideas For Indoor Play With Students

The below zero days in Minnesota means the kids are inside rather than outside most days!  Yikes you know what that means, rambunctious kids. Here are a couple of things I do to get the wiggles out.

1. Blow up some balloons and go in a large open area  and have the kiddos in small groups, keep the balloons in the air.  The each have to have turns tapping it in the air.  It doesn't take long for those little bodies to start sweating.

2. Often times our noon also means no outside time we play the Smart board game "Give the Dog a Bone".   The kiddos are also in teams, mine are the tables they sit at.   Four chairs are lined up at the side of the smart board, as soon as the timer begins the kiddo in the first chair goes up and located the number space, then it the next child and that continues until one minute is up.  I keep track of the total numbers found.   We play 5 rounds.  This may take a couple of days, but the kids sure love it.
Table 1=____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Table 2=____ _____ _____ _____ _____
Table 3=____ _____ _____ _____ _____

At the end of the 5 rounds the kiddos have their names put on an award in the hallway.