First choose three people to be taggers, and two players to be freers. Give each tagger a white foam ball, and give each freer a yellow ball. The rest of the class runs around the playing area. If a runner is tagged with a white ball, then they are frozen into a snowflake and must lay down on the ground in the shape of a star. The freers run around and tag or melt the snowflake with the yellow ball and the game continues.

Concepts

snowflakes, exercise, tag, winter holidays

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Additional Tags

physical education

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Instructional Ideas

• Ensure taggers and freers know not to throw the balls at the runners, but simply tag them with the ball
• Make sure players aware of snowflakes laying on the ground and not to trip over or step on them while running
• Switch out the taggers and freers after each round

Classroom Considerations

• Intended for the teacher's use, but can be show to class members as well
• Requires yellow and white foam balls for playing, or you can use any color foam ball

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Promotes physical activity in a fun game form
• Quick and easy to teach and play

Cons

• Does not require any strategy