Objective
In this game, the children’s strength and endurance are challenged through moderate to vigorous-intensity activity. The game also requires cooperation in pairs.
Instructions
- Divide the children into pairs with one toboggan per pair.
- Create a relay course with a start and finish line – preferably running over the play area and back again.
- One of the children pull the toboggan with the other child sitting on it from the start to finish line. If you want it to be a competition, all the children start together, but if you want to avoid competition, they start at different points.
- After crossing the finish line, the children switch roles.
- If you want the relay to be a competition, the first pair to pull one round each is the winner.
Variation
- The game can be played as a relay team. Several pairs then play as one team with one toboggan. The next pair wait until the first pair have completed the course. The toboggan is the relay baton.
- There can also be teams of four where one child pulls the other three children to the other side, but only one child can be pulled at a time. The child who pulls all their team to the other side first is the winner. Several rounds can be played, so everyone has a go at pulling their team mates to the other side.
Equipment
Toboggan sledge with a rope to pull or a bum sledge with rope attached to the handle