FARMER TAG: K-5 Elementary Tag Game (PE Class, Camp Activity)
Hey, PE Teachers – Are you struggling to find an easy and super fun elementary tag game that your Physical Education students actually want to play in your gym class?
Look no further than, FARMER TAG -an Instant Activity with very little equipment needed to play. Your PRESCHOOL and KINDERGARTEN through FIFTH GRADE students will absolutely LOVE to play this imaginative play fitness game.
Elementary Tag Game (Farmer Tag)
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Farmer tag is a great way to get kids smiling and laughing while practicing essential locomotor skills and dramatic play.
The farmers (taggers) will have so much fun chasing after their barn animals (classmates) that have escaped – tagging them and gently corralling them back to the barn (middle of the gym).
This engaging tag game is designed for K-5 elementary physical education classes but can also be played as a camp game, summer school brain break activity or outdoor recess game.
Level up your physical education classes with FARMER Tag, a fun and exciting running, skipping, galloping fitness activity. ️
FARMER TAG: Elementary Tag Game
READY! SET! GIDDY UP!
First, let’s take a few moments to gather the equipment you’ll need to play FARMER TAG!
Equipment Needed
Alright, to play this awesome elementary tag game with your physical education classes you will need:
- 3-4 LONG POOL NOODLES
- KIDS READY TO ACT LIKE ANIMALS (and have TONS OF FUN)
Easy Game Set-Up
FIRST, choose 3-4 students to be the FARMERS (taggers) and give them each a long pool noodle.
NEXT, send each farmer to a different corner of the gym.
FINALLY, send the rest of the students (BARN ANIMALS) to the center circle of the gym.
If you don’t have a circle, use cones or PolySpots to make a circle in the center of the gym. This will be the ANIMAL BARN.
HOW TO PLAY – Farmer Tag
Explain to the students that the farmers are the taggers and they are very frustrated because all of their farm animals have escaped from the barn (center of the gym).
When the music starts, or the game begins, all of the “BARN ANIMALS” should escape the BARN and run all around the gym. I ask my students to choose a farm animal and to make that animal’s sound and silly movements as they are running around.
The farmers (taggers) chase after the farm animals trying to tag them with their long pool noodles. If an animal gets tagged, they have to FREEZE.
Then, the farmer gently wraps the pool noodle around their waist and corrals them back to the barn/middle of the gym.
Animals that get caught can do 5 jumping jacks in the barn and then get right back into the game.
Play for a few minutes and then play a new round with new farmers.
Game Teaching Tips and Accommodations
TIP 1: I like to play animal songs like OLD MACDONALD while we play this game. The kids like it when I play THE COW SONG by Annoying Orange. Just have fun with it.
TIP 2: If you don’t have long pool noodles, you can just have the farmers tag with their hands & then use jump ropes to bring the animals back to the barn.
TIP 3: After playing this game for a few rounds, I like to switch up the rules a bit and play an elimination round. So instead of the animals doing 5 jumping jacks in the barn after getting caught, you can have them sit down in the barn and whatever animal/student gets caught last is the WINNER.
TIP 4: It’s also fun to have the animals move around using different locomotor skills during each round including: skipping, galloping/horses, etc.
WATCH: How to Play – FARMER TAG
So, what do you say? Why not blast some “clean” and upbeat PE music , maybe tell a few funny sports jokes and bring the excitement of FARMER TAG (Elementary Tag Game) to your gymnasium TODAY!
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Thanks for stopping by today and learning about how to play this awesome elementary tag game.
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