Raining outside? Too cold to go out? Too hot to run around? Or limiting movement due to COVID-19? Many of us teachers have faced the dreaded thought of sorting out something appropriate for our classes that will keep the children calm or use up as much energy as possible that your next lessons will run smoothly. Below you will find a number of activities that will either have your kids up on their feet and jumping around, or sat down in peace, quiet and calm. Every day is a different day - what kind of activity do your class need today?
Clickable Suggestions
The ideas listed below are all activated with a click on the icon/company logo and will take you to other websites.
Yoga with Adriene - lots of Free Yoga workouts including some for classroom
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Darebee - Hundreds, if not thousands, of workouts that can be done in small spaces
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My Free Bingo Cards - free yoga for up to 30 children. Easy to use online bingo cards
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Go Noodle - an amazing range of songs and stretches, perfect for whole class activity
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Cosmic Kids - Yoga, relaxation, or dance? This is a one stop shop for your class
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Just Dance Kids - be selective! Not all Just Dance videos are appropriate!
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Freeze Dance - I used to call it Musical Statues! When the music stops... freeze!
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Hangman - An old favourite: children play on paper with a friend or play alone in this online version.
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Move To Learn - Click here or go straight to their YouTube Channel for a work out with your class!
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Sanford Fitboost - Great for a quick brain gym or a full session... get active!
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Wordsearch - Print them out or play online... thousands of Wordsearch options!
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Other Suggestions
The suggestions below are further ideas that you might want to use in your class. They do not have links to other websites.
Simon Says - an oldie but a goody! If Simon didn't say it, then you're out!
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Rock, Paper, Scissors - another old favourite. How many times will you win?
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Jigsaw Puzzles - quiet, calm classrooms all over the world love jigsaw puzzles!
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Lego - quiet, calm classrooms all over the world also love Lego/building blocks!
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Twenty Things - display a range of items on a table or on screen. Remove one. Which one is missing?
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Scattergories - 12 categories, one letter of the alphabet and three minutes to find a word for each.
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Dictionary - children choose a very hard word from the dictionary and make up two more definitions. Read out the two fake and one real definition. The class must guess the real definition.
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Fizz Buzz - come up with the rules with the class, e.g. fizz for every multiple of 3, buzz for every multiple of 5, fizz buzz if both. You're out if you say a number instead of fizz or buzz and vice versa!
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I Went To The Shops - a great memory game. Go around the class, adding new items to the shopping list, each starting with the next letter in the alphabet. Can you remember the whole list?
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Blind Artist - in pairs, one child draws something then gives instructions to the other child on what to draw (using positional language and describing the lines to use). The other child must listen.
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Guess Who- Classroom Edition (No Equipment Needed)1. Ask one person in the classroom (the guesser) to close their eyes
2. Choose someone to be the 'suspect' - pointing at them secretly 3. Everyone in the class stands up 4. Guesser opens their eyes and has 6 guesses to find the suspect (the teacher answers) 5. Children eliminated from the investigation must sit down after each guess 6. Guesser announces the suspect after 6 guesses - are they right? Adapt to your class - 6 guesses might be too many or not enough... |
Posters
The images below are posters - if you click on these, they will enlarge. It depends on the resolution of the upload as to how big the image will show on your screen. I take no credit for these posters - they all come with their own copyrights.
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