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Out door Ga mes

Food Categories Relay Race

Skills: Running, Cooperation, Classification by Food Categories, Food Recognition

Activity:

Make three copies of the food cards found. on pages 39-49. Color, cut apart, and laminate Ihem. Organizc the cards so that you have thrcc sets with no duplicales in a set. Label each of six boxes (shoe boxcs work welL) with the corresponding USD A pyramid category picture (from page 64) and catogory nanie. Divide the ehildren into three teams. Linę the teams up on one side of the piayground and the hoxes on the other. Shuffle each set of the cards and place one set in front of each group. Each child is to take the card from the top of his teams card pile, name the food, run to the other end of the piayground and place the card in the appropriate box. The child then runs and tags the next person in his team s linę. The next child foliowa the samo steps us his leammate did. The first team to sort all of its cards wins. You should position yourself near the boxes to be surc the ehildren place the food items in the correct places and give assistance if necessary.

Jump Ropę

Skills: Gross Motor Skills, Alphabet Recognition, Jumping Ropo Activity:

Take a few jump ropes oulside and allow the ehildren to piay and rccite the

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