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Perfect for Sports Day! Obstacle Course Ideas Recommended for 2-Year-Olds

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Graduated from Kunitachi College of Music, Faculty of Music (now: Department of Music Culture and Education, Early Childhood Music Education major). In elementary school, my homeroom teacher was Jun Kusaba, a game researcher. After graduating from university, I worked as a kindergarten teacher for 10 years and as an after-school childcare instructor for 7 years, then took a position as a music teacher at an international school in Singapore. In addition to music education, I engaged in activities that introduced Japanese culture, traditional games, and recreational activities, working with many children. Later, through freelance writing, planning, and editing at Shogakukan, I met many delightful adults and experienced the joy of communicating and sharing. Drawing on the perspective cultivated in the field of education and my experience as an editor, I provide practical information with an emphasis on both input and output, mainly in areas related to music and children. My hobbies include instruments, singing, handicrafts, toys, drawing, traditional games, the outdoors, and books. My special skill is spinning-top tricks.
9 years of experience as a nursery school teacherShibata Risa
I am an active nursery school teacher with 9 years of experience. After graduating from university, I worked at a daycare center. The time I spent happily with children—playing piano, singing songs, and doing finger-play—are priceless memories to me. Currently, while raising three children of my own, I work at an after-school day service, engaging with children and providing individualized developmental support. Drawing on my diverse experiences as a childcare worker and as a mother, I hope to express and convey my thoughts through writing.

Here are some of the most popular parent-child events for two-year-olds at nursery and kindergarten sports days.

Participating together with their beloved parents makes for fun, unforgettable moments for the children! There are plenty of activities with cute, familiar themes like sushi, ice cream, and vegetables.

From being carried in arms to piggyback rides, every event values parent-child bonding and is sure to bring smiles to everyone.

All activities are designed with safety in mind, so feel free to choose ones that suit your child’s stage of development.

Role-Playing Obstacle Course (1–10)

Fire truck race

2015-10-10 Sports Day. Chie Parent–Child Event: “Fire! Mobilize!”

Fire truck race

The fire truck race is an obstacle course arranged so that even two-year-olds can enjoy it.

The key point is that the children get to play the role of firefighters.

First, the children put on firefighter uniforms and make their way over obstacles like slides toward the fire truck.

Make the fire truck out of cardboard so that a parent and child can ride in it together.

Then they head to the scene of the fire.

If you also make the fire scene out of cardboard, it will feel even more realistic! Finally, the children throw light-blue pom-poms, pretending they are water, and that’s the end.

This way, it feels like an extension of play, and they can join in happily.

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Deploy! Ninja Squad

Tottori Manabiya Nursery — Event [Sports Day Practice] Ages 0, 1, and 2

Deploy! Ninja Squad

This is an obstacle course recommended for 2-year-olds, where children pretend to be ninjas and overcome obstacles.

Becoming a ninja helps motivate them, right? First, they jump off a vaulting box, then hang from a horizontal bar.

After that, they touch a sound-making shuriken shape to reach the goal.

It can also be fun to add more ninja-like activities depending on what you can set up at the time, such as crawling through a tunnel or under a net.

After this event, adding a ninja dance segment could create consistency and make the program even more appealing.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Role-play Obstacle Race (11–20)

Sushi Picnic

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It looks adorably cute! Here’s an idea for a sushi-themed picnic.

Many children probably love sushi, right? This time, instead of eating it, let’s join the activities by pretending to be sushi.

What you’ll need: cards with sushi toppings drawn on them, costume items, and things like tires.

When the game starts, first draw a card and check the instruction for the sushi topping.

Put on the specified costume items and head for the goal together with a parent or guardian.

All eyes are sure to be on the children’s adorable appearances.

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Enjoy freshly picked fruit

Tomobe Kindergarten Sports Day Event Description No. 9: "Freshly Picked Fruits, Enjoy!"

Enjoy freshly picked fruit

Isn’t a competition where you pick fruit somehow appealing to children? In this event, participants choose their favorite fruit—apples, mandarins, or bananas—from a tree, feed it to an elephant, a monkey, or a rabbit, and then head to the finish.

The festive feel makes it fun and something they’ll want to try again and again.

Also, because they have to think about which fruit and which animal to choose, it seems likely to foster children’s independence.

Learning to make choices from a young age is important.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Let’s go to the park.

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How about incorporating children’s favorite playground activities into a sports day event? In this event, the course is designed like a park, and the children make their way through various obstacles.

Crawling through tunnels, jumping, and hanging, they can move their bodies to the fullest while feeling as if they’re at the playground.

By preparing obstacles that match the children’s abilities, the parents watching can also appreciate their kids’ growth.

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Animal Race

Asahijuku Kindergarten Sports Day, Reiwa 1 (2019)

Animal Race

Animal races are great for energetic two-year-olds! Pick an animal as the theme and have everyone race to the finish while imitating it.

Tigers, penguins, giraffes—anything goes! Four-legged animals can be tricky, but penguins have especially cute movements.

The free, natural way kids move is so childlike and charming.

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Traveling by train

Chihiro, age 2 — nursery school sports day — traveling by train

Traveling by train

You’re probably curious about what kind of event “traveling by train” is at a sports day! The rules are very simple: children get inside a cardboard train and run as if they’re traveling along the course.

On the course, they climb over low platforms shaped like hills, weave around cones, and jump over hula hoops—enjoying their trip as they go.

You can also include a game where you prepare puzzles with animal faces and bodies separated; along the way, they pick pieces so the top and bottom match, then assemble and stick them together at the end! It’s sure to be a fun journey for the kids! It’s also adorable if they enter and exit carrying handmade carry-on bags!

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