SWEET DREAMS: Easy and Super Fun Tag Game for K-5 PE Kids
Get ready to make your PE classes a dream come true with this super FUN TAG GAME – SWEET DREAMS.
This engaging tag game is designed for K-5 students, ensuring they stay active, laugh, and have a blast while practicing essential locomotor skills while having some SERIOUS FUN!
SWEET DREAMS – Fun Tag Game
Perfect for elementary PE teachers, Sweet Dreams simplifies lesson planning and adds a creative twist to traditional tag games, making it an ideal activity for promoting physical fitness and social interaction in a lively and supportive environment.
Whether you’re looking for a quick PE activity or an easy sub plan, this super fun tag game is sure to be just as big of a hit with your kindergarten PE students, as it will be with your fifth grade kiddos!
SWEET DREAMS TAG
Sweet Dreams tag makes for the perfect PE warm-up activity in the Gym. It keeps students active while promoting physical fitness, improving cardiovascular health, all while having an ABSOLUTE BLAST!
READY! SET! LET’S PLAY!
GAME EQUIPMENT
For this super fun tag game, you will need just a few pieces for equipment including:
- 2-3 POOL NOODLES
- 3-4 SOFT MATS (Yoga mats work good)
- 2-3 RUBBER CHICKENS
- KIDS READY TO HAVE TONS OF FUN!
Game SET-UP
First, choose 2-3 students to be the sleep taggers. Give each tagger a pool noodle (sleeping wand) and send them to the middle of the gym.
Then give 2-3 students a squeaky rubber chicken and send them to the middle of the gym, as well.
Finally, lay down a few mats on the outside perimeter of the gym against the gym walls.
GAME DIRECTIONS – How to Play
Sleep taggers begin chasing students, trying to tag them with their “SLEEP WAND.” If a student gets tagged, he/she must head to one of the mats (beds) and lay down and pretend to fall asleep.
Students with the rubber chickens CAN NOT get tagged. The squeaky rubber chickens are the “ALARM CLOCKS.” Students with the chickens should run over to someone who is “sleeping” on one of the beds/mats and wake them up by squeaking the chicken 3 times.
Then they drop the chicken next to the “sleeper” and run away back into the game.
The sleeper “wakes up” and grabs the chicken and now he/she begins searching for a student who is sleeping to wake up with the chicken.
BONUS GAME TIPS
- TIP #1: I love to play the song ‘Mr. Sandman” by the Chordettes, when I play this fun tag game.
- TIP #2: If you don’t have rubber chickens you can easily use something else that makes noise (bells or you can just have the kids clap their hands 3 times to wake the sleepers up) But, I must say that the rubber chickens make this game WAY MORE FUN!
- TIP #3: However, I definitely recommend being strict about the kids only squeaking the chicken 3 times or the noise may (most definitely) start to drive you absolutely BONKERS – lol
- TIP #4: It’s extra fun to line the mats on one side of the gym and then dim the lights on that side, like it’s nighttime.
So, why not blast some “clean” and upbeat PE music and bring the excitement of ICE CREAM TAG to your gymnasium TODAY!
WATCH How to Play: Sweet Dreams Tag
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So, why not blast some “clean” and upbeat PE music , maybe tell a few funny sports jokes and bring the excitement of SWEET DREAMS – this super fun tag game to your gymnasium TODAY!
And hey, guess what? You can snag your very own PDF of this awesome elementary gym Game RIGHT HERE.
It’s also a very easy lesson plan to leave for a substitute teacher. Just print off, gather the equipment and you’re good to go.
If you’re looking for more elementary pe games, I’ve got a bunch more for you. How about a game of BULLSEYE BAGS (cornhole in the gym), LAVA RIVER RUN, CRAZY BALL SOCCER , ICE CREAM TAG, or an energizing and educational brain break game of MUSICAL SIGHT WORDS?
Be sure to check out my other unique and fun Teacher Resources (Instant Bulletin Boards, Fun Classroom Decor, Learning and PE Games) in my Love 2 Teach and Learn TPT store RIGHT HERE!
Thanks for stopping by today. I really appreciate it and I hope that you have a TRULY BLESSED And BEAUTIFUL Day spent laughing until your cheeks hurt!
