Scooter Games for Elementary Physical Education

Today I am sharing some fun and easy scooter activities for your PE classes.  The first thing to mention is that

sometimes I allow "Turbo Speed" and sometimes I do not.  I refer to "Turbo Speed" as to when the student gets a running start (3-5 steps), then gets on their knees or belly. Getting a running start makes the scooter go faster, hence the name "Turbo Speed".  It can be a great workout for children and they love it because it's fun.   Keep in mind, in some scooter games "Turbo Speed" is OK, but in other games it is not safe.  It all depends on the size of the playing area, number of students, and directions in which the players are traveling on the scooters.  Please read below for further details!

Turbo Speed

1.  Scooter Practice - Free Riding in General Space (No "Turbo Speed" allowed):  The students practice riding their scooter safely in general space on their bottom, belly or knees.  I give them about 5 minutes to practice.  They all pretend they have a giant personal space bubble around them.  

2.  Scooter Tag:  This is a great game to play after the students practiced riding safely!  Begin the game with 3 people "out" in line by the cone.  All other players begin on a scooter, including the taggers.  Players ride in general space safely (no "Turbo Speed").  If a player is tagged, they get off of their scooter and stand out behind the cone.  Then the next person behind the cones comes into the game and gets on the available scooter.  The line moves quickly so no one is out for very long.  Change taggers every 3 minutes (I use two taggers).  

3.  Rainbow Roads: Set up "roads" using matching color cones.  Students ride in a straight line on their road, from one cone down to the other and back.  I match the color scooter to the color cone so even our youngest preschool students can clearly understand where to ride.  This is a great chance for the students to try "Turbo Speed" because it is safe to do so. Depending on your class size and playing area, you can set up several roads.  My gym allows for 7-8 roads.  Students can line up behind any color cone for a turn.  

Video coming soon!

4.  Scooter Tow Trucks:  I like to play this game after the Rainbow Roads game.  The tow truck person is pulling the person on the scooter.  The rules are that the tow truck person must WALK, they must stay in FRONT of the scooter person, they must stay on the rainbow roads, and there is no crashing.  The person on the scooter (aka the "broken car") must sit in the middle of the scooter with their feet up, and hold the tow rope (which is a braided jump rope folded in half).   The person on the scooter may not yank on the rope.  

5.  Scooter Ships:  Here is a fun way to play with the scooters!  Place 2 scooters under a gym mat.  This is the "scooter ship".  Students may take turns riding on top of the ship while a partner pulls the ship with a hula hoop or jump rope.  

6.  Sink the Ship:  This is always one of my student's favorite games of the year!  It is primarily a throwing/catching game, but it also involves scooters!  This has become a well known game in the PE teacher community.  Your students will have a blast!

 

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Top 5 Favorite Games for Physical Education

I can't believe it's been almost a year since my last post.  What a crazy year it has been with the Covid-19

pandemic.  I'm so thankful that I've still been able to teach PE in person most of this school year.  

I recently had someone ask me, "What are your top 5 favorite games for PE?".  I figured this would be a great blog post, so here goes!  When the students walk into the gym and see these games set up, their eyes LIGHT UP with excitement!

5. Rockets and Satellites - This is a great game to practice volleyball hits, or you could also make this a throwing/rolling game.  Instructions for the game are in the video!

4.  SORRY! - Since taking this video, I have purchased another set of the Stur-Tee balls from Gopher.   I call this game SORRY because the bases look like the pieces from the board game SORRY.   Great way to practice throwing, catching and defense.  Instructions are described in the video!

3.  Battleship -  Great game for throwing, catching, and defense.  This is like the board game Battleship.  There are two teams and they try to guess where the other team's ships are, and sink them by throwing balls over the mats.  The bowling pins are the ships.  If a ball is caught out of the air when it comes over the mats, that player can take the caught ball over to the other team's side and throw the ball (but must stay on the outside of the black line).  K-2nd graders may stand the pins back up, and 3rd-5th graders can play more competitively and not stand the pins back up (play until a team wins and knocks down all of the pins). 

2.  Rainbow Wars - Similar to SORRY, but I'm using a variety of my rainbow set equipment as targets.  Students can earn points for knocking down different items.  Instructions are in the video!

1.  Sink the Ship - Awesome game for throwing, catching, defense, teamwork, and scootering.  Click here for game directions.

Bonus- Guard the Castle - This is a quick and easy game to teach and play.  The set up is very quick!  Click here for printable instructions for the game.

There they are!  Hope you all have a GREAT time playing these with your students!

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