Physical Education Games for K 2: The Streets of Mumbai with Turning

Challenge 1: The Streets of Mumbai with Turning

1. One child or the coach is designated the leader, with all the students lining up to the right and left of the leader at about equal numbers.
2. The leader then starts running forward or backward, including turning 180 degrees at any time, and this is done randomly.
3. All the remaining children try to follow the leader as closely as possible, either running forward or backward, including the turns.

Tips

1. Demonstrate a couple of rounds with you as the teacher leading and randomly changing direction, then switch to having each child lead for a short period of time, which is not only fun for children to lead but also makes for lots of running.
    
2. Split up large groups into 2 or more groups for all children to be able to see the leader in the middle of the pack.
   Even better to start with only moving forward and backward initially, and only in a second build add the spinning part, which adds 2 more directions.
    

Goals

Main focus: The key focus is to get a lot of physical activity.
In addition: Orientation is also greatly improved as children should always watch the leader, if next to them, in front of them, and at times even behind them. This translates well into all ball sports where players need to keep track of the ball at all times.
All changes of direction improve balance, in particular, if you spin around.

Story

1. Pedestrians try to cross the busy streets of Mumbai and constantly need to go back because motorcycles and cars cut through in front of them.
    

Progressions

1. The faster you run or
2. The more often you change direction, the more you increase the challenge.