Objective
In this activity, the children shall run at a high-intensity pace back to ‘their house’ after a trip to the ‘city’. At the same time, the children learn to register a message and quickly choose the correct ‘house’.
Instructions
- Put out hula hoops in different colours. The hula hoops portray the city with different coloured houses.
- The children run around circling an adult, whilst the adult hums, “Trip to the city, trip to the city”, if they want.
- After the children have run a few rounds, the adult shouts: “Run home to your red house.” The children then run to the red hula hoop.
- In the next round, the adult can shout a different colour.
Variation
- You can change the way the children move around. For instance, they can crawl, wiggle, hop or jump.
- A variation of the ‘Trip to the City’ game is ‘Find a Tree’.
- Mark the trees with different colours (a band, etc.).
- The children then run freely in the forest until the adult shouts: “Find a yellow tree.” The children run to the tree with the correct colour.
- Thereafter, the children run again (or, for example, jump).
- The adult then shouts for the children to find another tree and the children run to the tree with the correct colour.
Equipment
Hula hoops