“Fun Starts” for preschoolers
Snake
This relay is a universal type of team competition for children of any age . Its advantage is its comparative ease of execution, requiring only speed and teamwork. To conduct the “Snake”, cubes or pins are placed in a zigzag along the distance, which the children have to run around in a snake. Teams line up in a column at the starting line. At the teacher’s signal, the first participants go the distance and return to the team, where the second participants join them, and together they go the distance again. The winner is the team that is the first to run the snake in its entirety.
Running with a skipping rope
A daytime walk on the street can be diversified by holding this relay race for preschool children , for which you only need jump ropes according to the number of teams. On the playground, start and finish lines are marked at a distance of 10-15 m. Children are divided into teams and line up at the start, the first participants receive a jump rope. At the teacher’s signal, the children must overcome the distance by jumping rope, return to the team and pass the rope to the next participant.
Naughty balls
The “Naughty Balls” relay race offers a chance to demonstrate sleight of hand, in which participants have to move as many balls as possible from one basket to another. To run the relay you will need two baskets filled with small plastic balls and two empty baskets. Full baskets are placed near the teams on the starting line, and empty ones are placed at the finish line. In turn, each participant must pick up as many balls as will fit in their palms and quickly bring them to the empty basket, while trying not to lose them along the way. The team that can move the most balls wins.
Jumpers
You can have fun by replacing the physical warm-up with a moving relay race for children in the middle group “Jumpers”. To carry it out, ball hops are required according to the number of participating teams. The task of the competitors is to cover the distance by jumping on the ball and passing the baton to the next participant. Jumping on bright and colorful hop-balls will surely please the kids and will also help strengthen their muscles.
Tightrope walker
For older children, you can offer all sorts of relay races that require dexterity and balance. “Rope walker” is an excellent relay race option for children of senior preschool age. A gymnastics bench can be used as a “rope”, along which participants must get to the finish line and try not to jump to the ground. The winner is the team that not only completes the task faster, but also more accurately. You can simplify the task somewhat by replacing the bench with a conditional rope in the form of a line drawn on the ground.
Swamp
We offer another good relay option for developing dexterity and the ability to maintain balance. To carry out the relay race, you will need several low stumps, acting as hummocks in the swamp, arranged along a winding path. The participants of each team must pass through a conditional swamp along “bumps” faster than their opponents. To protect children from falls, you can replace the stumps with hoops placed at some distance, into which participants must jump with both feet.
The proposed relay races for children in kindergarten can be diversified and made more difficult by additional conditions, for example, timed running or easy obstacles, in accordance with the capabilities and physical training of the children. And another selection of fun relay races can be found here.
Physical education “Fun Starts” in the middle group.
Goal: To attract children to a healthy lifestyle through sports entertainment.
Tasks:
1. Preserve and strengthen the physical health of children.
2. Instill in children the ability to win and lose without losing heart.
3. Cultivate courage, determination, a sense of camaraderie and empathy for each other, self-confidence and perseverance in overcoming obstacles.
Presenter: Hello, dear guys and distinguished guests! We are very pleased to see you all today at our holiday! We are starting the most fun of all sports and the most athletic of all fun games - “Fun Starts”! Competitors will compete in strength, agility, ingenuity, and speed!
Music is playing.
Host: Guys, do you know that balls come in different sizes, big and small, rubber and inflatable, plastic and leather. They are fun to play with!
-And now we have a warm-up.
Games “Toss-catch”, “Hit-catch”
-Well done boys!
Host: Well, our warm-up is over, and now the real competition begins. You and I will divide into two teams: one team will be called “Smile”, and the other “Kapitoshka” (we are divided into teams; the calculation is for the first - the second)
Presenter: The relay has begun:
— "Kick the ball into the goal"
Team members take turns trying to roll the ball into the goal with a broom.
- “Hit the target”
Each player must hit the ball in the basket.
Host: And now I propose to play with two balls. Big and small.
— "Swap the balls"
Children are divided into two teams. One player must put a small ball in the hoop and take a large one. The next player switches places of the balls.
— "Running - flying on a cannonball"
Ball held between knees. Jump to the turning post, then pick up the ball and run, and pass it to the next one.
- “Pass the ball”
Participants stand behind each other. The captains are given balls. At the leader’s signal, the captains pass the ball over their heads to the second player, the second to the third, and so on until the last. The latter, having received the ball, must run around his team, stand at the head of it and lift the ball up.
Leading:
Well done to our teams,
Strong, skillful,
Friendly, cheerful,
Fast and brave!
We completed the task quickly! Now it's time to play.
Game “Naughty Balls” ( both teams stand in a common circle and pass three balls in a circle in one direction to the music)
-At the end of the music, whoever has the ball in their hands is out of the game. There is only one winner left.
Presenter: Our games are over.
There are no losers here. But there is a lot of good mood, joy, health. Our childhood friend, a cheerful and mischievous ball, helped us with this! Author: Gracheva Nadezhda Viktorovna
