Ligoniel Primary SchoolParachute games with primary 1

1. Lay out the parachute on the floor.

2. Each child holds a handle.

3. Each child is given the number 1, 2 or 3.

4. Lift the parachute in the air.

5. If your number is called you must run underneath the parachute while it is in the air and back out again before it falls to the

ground. Repeat for different numbers.

6. When the game is over, drop the parachute to the ground.

7. Tidy away the parachute.

Speedy Chairs Speedy Chairs

{What is the Game?}A game that requires you to be fast

on

your feet and to think just as fast.

{How to Play?}Choose a child to be 'on'.

They then go and stand behind another child's chair and hold the back

The teacher calls out a times table question e.g. 2 x 5.

2 x 5(2 . 5)

The child who is 'on' and the child in the chair have to shout out the answer to the question as quickly as they can.

10

Who ever wins can move onto another child.

The losing child sits down/stays seated.

You can keep a tally of how many chairs a particular child can get around without having to sit down.

Can be played with any questions that have 1 word answers

e.g. What Is 3 + 19?Who discovered Tutankhamen's tomb?What animal has a trunk?