Full Length PE Games
These full-length games are all designed to be played during a 45-60 minute period, and work best when coupled with some of our fantastic warm-up games. These games are all designed to keep the most kids active for the most amount of time possible, and really focus on ensuring that everyone has a role to fill (so that there is very little potential for any kids to be simply standing around). All of these games have been played (oftentimes over and over again!), by large groups of kids, and all of these games help to ensure constant fun, participation and activity. Feel free to change or modify any elements of the games so that they better suit your specific group, and please be sure to comment and vote on your favorites!
Corner Ball / Noodle
Equipment: 4 different coloured dodgeballs (about 3-5 of each colour). Cones to define the playing area (outside only). Description: If playing this game outside, use cones to define a large, rectangular playing area. In this game, each team has a corner, and each...
SPUD
Equipment: Something to throw and catch (i.e. playground ball, rubber chicken, dodgeball…etc.). Hula hoop (optional). Description: To start, a player is chosen as “It” and the others stand in a circle around them (the “It” player can stand inside the hula hoop if you...
Koobs
Equipment: 10 items that can be set up to be knocked down (square wood blocks, bowling pins…etc.). 6 items that can be thrown (wooden batons, beanbags…etc.). 1 item that can be set up to be knocked down – the king – (anything that will stand upright). Description:...
Solo Skittles
Equipment: Hula hoops (enough so that half the class can have one – i.e. 15 hoops if you have 30 kids in your class). Bowling pins (or any other thing that will stand up inside the hula hoops – you need as many pins as you have hoops). Dodgeballs. Description: Assign...
Pirate Booty
Equipment: Pinnies to divide the kids into 2 even teams. A whole bunch of tennis balls (or whatever kind of balls that you have a lot of). 7-10 hula hoops. A container for the balls. Description: Split the kids into two even teams. Place all of the hula hoops...
Continuous Cricket
Equipment: Pinnies to separate teams. A thin-walled playground ball. A bat. A large bin, box or container. A large hula hoop or other large circle (i.e. a skipping rope bent into a circle, center gym circle…etc.). One baseball base. Description: Split the kids into...
Hunter Hawk
Equipment: A class set of hula hoops. 3-5 same coloured items (i.e. red dodgeballs, pinnies, scarves…etc.). Description: Lay out all of the hula hoops so that they fill the space that you are playing in (i.e. gym or defined outside area). The object of the game is to...
Beanbag Scramble
Equipment: As many beanbags as you can get your hands on (dodgeballs, or other any other equipment that will roll or slide on the floor (without being a hazard), would work well too). 4 or more benches. 4 or more bins/pails/boxes…etc. Description: Everyone plays for...
Everywhere Dodgeball
Equipment: Pinnies to split up teams. A class set of dodgeballs. Gymnastic mats that will stand up on end. Two benches. Description: Split the class into two even teams. Team Green/Dark X starts on one end of the gym, and Team Yellow/Light X starts on the other. Each...
Big Ball Soccer
Equipment: One giant exercise ball (a bosu ball or other works well, but the thinner the wall of the ball, the better it will work for this game). Cones (or lines in the gym), to define the play area. Two large goals. Pinnies to separate the teams. Description: Split...