How to Play:

Grades K-2- count how many times you can hit the balloon up in the air in 30 seconds.

Grades 3-5 count how many times you can hit the balloon up the air in 1 minute.

Challenge: Use more then one balloon or make it a family event and count how many times you and your family contact the balloon before it hits the ground. How many touches did you count?

Ideas for Equipment: A balloon, a plastic grocery bag filled with air (see Mr. Noll’s video for instructions) or medium to large lightweight ball.

Be sure to record your score.

How to Play:

Set up a “cone” for starting point and another “cone” 20 steps away (grades K-2 use 15 steps).

Have a family member time how fast you can balance a frisbee on your head while you travel the designated distance and back. How fast did you go? Ideas for Equipment: Frisbee, book, coloring book or notebook. Cones, rocks, logs, shoes or chairs.

Be sure to record your time.

How to Play:

Write the letters F-L-O-Y-D on a piece of paper to help you stay on task during the activity.

Find and collect household items that begin with each letter. This activity can be done either inside or outside. If you find something that you cannot pick up, record it on your paper.

How many items did you get?

Challenge: Try to complete this task in 1 minute.

Ideas for Equipment: a pen and paper

Remember to record items.

How to Play:

Set a basket in front of a wall and try to get as many balls/objects into the basket using the wall as your backboard. We suggest using 5 balls/objects.

How many balls did you get in the basket in 1 minute?

Ideas for Equipment: Any kind of small sized ball or socks rolled up, crumpled up paper or small stuffed animals. Basket, box, laundry basket, empty garbage can or empty bucket.

Remember to record your score.

How to Play:

Use two objects about 15 steps apart as “cones”. Balance an object on a spoon and move around the two “cones” as fast as you can. If the object falls, pick it up and continue from where it hit the ground. Try to complete as many laps as possible in 1 minute.

How many laps did you do?

Ideas for Equipment: For “cones” you can use shoes, buckets, chairs or any object that is safe to run around. You can use a small sock ball or any small round object. A substitution for a spoon can be a spatula.

Remember to record your laps.

How to Play:

Stack 6 items to create a pyramid. 3 on bottom, 2 in the middle, 1 on top. You then have 5 attempts to knock them all down. Each cup is worth 5 points.

How many points did you get?

Ideas for Equipment: Any kind of small lightweight ball, small stuffed animal or rolled up socks. Plastic solo cups, toilet paper rolls, tissue boxes or any kind of stacking blocks.