Exciting for 4-year-olds! A collection of sports day event ideas for preschoolers (middle class)

Let’s deliver flavors of the world!

Turn the recipe cards and start cooking! Bring flavors from around the world! Here’s an idea to try.

Sports Day is a special event that happens once a year.

How about competing while learning about the world? Let’s have parents and children work together to make dishes from around the globe as they overcome items like hurdles and balance beams.

Through pretend play, you can create happy memories of joining a fun event together—making American hamburgers, Japanese osechi, Italian pizza, British sandwiches, and more.

Ball-carrying race

KAZMA Sports Day Ball Carry

This is the “Ball Carry Relay,” where you transport a ball without dropping it.

A parent and child hold the ends of a sheet of newspaper and carry a rubber ball placed on top.

If you drop it, you start over.

If you pull too hard or run, the newspaper might tear, so be careful and match your pace as you carry the ball.

It should be exciting as a team relay, too.

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Animal role-play race

[Age 4] Animal Role-Playing Game — Body-Building Games for 4-Year-Olds | Torikai Yui-Kindergarten [Nursery School/Kindergarten]

It’s a parent–child event that’s fun not only as a competition but also as a way to communicate together.

According to the rules, children start on their own, then meet up partway with their guardian, who is waiting and holding an animal mask.

After meeting, the parent and child aim for the finish line while acting like the animal on the mask.

Because of that, how well you’ve communicated and reflected the child’s wishes during the mask-making stage can affect the actual performance.

It’s a parent–child activity where you can enjoy communication from preparation through the main event, participating together using the mask you made as a team.

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Ball toss in oversized bloomers

Tomobe Kindergarten Sports Day Event Description No. 4: “Big Pants Ball Toss”

Let’s get excited with a unique idea! Here’s a beanbag-toss game using “dekapan.” Dekapan means oversized pants, and participants compete while wearing them.

In this event, it seems the rule is that a parent and child wear one pair of oversized pants together and toss beanbags while running in cooperation.

Since the parent needs to move in sync with the child, timing and calling out to each other are important.

Seeing teams competing while bundled into the dekapan is absolutely adorable!

Goldfish Circuit

Tomobe Kindergarten Sports Day Event Description No. 6: “Goldfish Moving Operation”

Finish together as parent and child! Here’s an idea for a Goldfish Migration Circuit.

You’ll need homemade scoops (poi), two kiddie pools, goldfish made from colored plastic bags, and red-and-white flags.

Many children may feel nervous in the unusual atmosphere of a sports day, right? Participating in the event together with a parent can help ease those nerves a bit.

This event requires teamwork between parent and child! Let’s successfully move the goldfish while calling out to each other.

The cute costumes are another highlight, too!

Mini triathlon

Rita, age 2 – Parent-child event at the sports day

We’d like to introduce a parent-child event modeled after a triathlon.

This is a parent-child activity: first, transform into a rabbit and make a lively start by jumping! Next, jump over the big box in front of you and crawl through the tunnel made of streamer tape.

After you pass through, the guardian gives the child a piggyback ride, and once you grab the prize medal, you’re at the finish line! Feel free to customize the events leading up to the finish according to the children’s interests and attention.

For preschoolers, trying it solo is also recommended.

[Parent-Child Event] Which one is the vegetable?

Eisho Sports Day_Parent-Child Competition_20171028

Introducing sports day events you can enjoy at kindergarten together with parents.

Work as a pair to overcome various obstacles and aim for the goal.

At the teacher’s signal, the parents start.

First, find your partner.

Look for your younger partner who’s hiding inside a big box.

Once you’ve found your partner, the two of you will keep clearing the obstacles ahead one after another.

Coordinate your moves and conquer the tough spots together.

After you’ve cleared all the hurdles, cross the finish line together to end the game.

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