Connect Four--With Exercise
Heading 1
-Objective:
Heading 1
To connect four of your discs in any row.
-Fundamental Movement Skills:
-
Locomotor
-
Run
-
-Equipment List:
A Giant Up4It
or,
A tarp/sheet with a seven-by-six grid with two sets of 21 same coloured markers (one set per team)
-Equipment Link:
-Setting Up:
-
Place a starting line five to fifteen paces from the Up4It or tarp/sheet.
-
Both teams line up behind the starting line with the three players each holding a playing object
-Instructions:
-
On the signal to begin, the first two players run to the starting marker and place their first playing object
-
Those players waiting engage in a specified exercise such as jumping jacks...
-
Once the first players have placed their playing object down the second person runs to add their playing marker and the first players run back to the starting line
-
Continue until one team has lined up four in a line and scores a point for their team
-
Resume another game
-Questions & Notes:
-
Questions for Understanding:
-
What are some of the best strategies used to win at this game?
-