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CandyCane Tag

For Students K - 4th
Choose a tagger. The rest of the class runs around the gym. If a runner is tagged, they must freeze and stand in the shape of a candy cane. To get back into the game, another runner must run underneath the arch of the candy cane.
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Hanukkah Tag Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a tag game involving aspects of the Hanukkah holiday. They discuss the basic tenets of Hanukkah, then play the tag game, with the Candle Makers as taggers and the students tagged freezing into position as candles.
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Frosty's Freeze Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars participate in a holiday P.E. tagging game involving chasing, fleeing, and dodging skills. With the taggers holding a fleece ball (snowball), they chase and tag the other students, with the tagged young scholars becoming...
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Frosty's Freeze Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students improve their chasing, fleeing and dodging skills in a cooperative, fun, holiday game using white (fleece) snowballs.
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Reindeer Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students put their thumbs on their head and spread fingers out like antlers when tagged by "elf".
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Freeze and Thaw Continuous Tag

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students dressed as "Snow Angels" run from "Jack Frosts" until a "Heat Meister" comes to unthaw them. They play this tag game in order to increase their heart rate and warm-up the large muscles (and to have fun.)
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Hanukkah Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a game involving their motor skills. With a partner, they are given a menorah and bean bags and they decide who carries the candles. After discussing the history of Hanukkah, they practice their locomotive skills.
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Valentine Rescue

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students play a Valentine's Day version of tag. They attempt to rescue bean bags (valentines) from one end of the play area and deliver them to another without getting tagged by a 'Hug' or 'Kiss'. Cupid can unfreeze any tagged players.
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The Ghost In The Graveyard

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice chasing and fleeing skills by playing the game Ghost in the Graveyard.
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THE GRINCH, SANTA, AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEPERS

For Teachers K - 12th
Students learn aerobic endurance through game play.
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Holiday Gift Exchange

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a running or ball dribbling activity, delivering a bean bag across a certain distance to their partner. They deliver as many bean bags to their partner in a two minute time period.
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Winter Wonderland

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of the activities they can participate in during the winter months. In groups, they rotate between stations in which they can practice or try the different winter sports. To end the lesson, they can play the...