[Childcare] Sports Day activity ideas. Let’s make the Sports Day exciting!
Sports days at nursery schools and kindergartens are important events where everyone can see how the children are growing!
By preparing fun activities, you can create a sports day that both children and adults will enjoy.
Here, we’ll introduce a variety of events: those done cooperatively as a class, activities for younger children, and games that parents and children can participate in together!
All of them are ideas that motivate children and allow guardians to feel their children’s development.
Use these as a reference to tailor activities to the children and create a fun and engaging sports day!
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[Childcare] Sports day event ideas. Let's make sports day exciting! (81–90)
Mr. Ant on an errand
How about a cute event perfect for preschools and kindergartens called “Little Ant Errand”? Waiting at the starting line are sweet treats that ants—and of course children—love.
Roll up newspaper and wrap it in plastic or paper to make oversized candies, cookies, and donuts.
Then, have the children put each treat into the box with the matching illustration and dash to the goal.
Cheer them on as they move forward, thinking, “Which treat is this?”
The rice ball goes rolling, roll, roll.
How about a competition inspired by the classic folktale “Omusubi Kororin,” beloved by children both in the past and today? Beforehand, read the picture book to the kids to share the story’s world.
Once the activity starts, they first stand inside the hula hoop placed at the start and pass their bodies through it from below.
Next, they move forward by rolling a large round rice ball—just like a giant ball roll.
Then, after placing the rice ball inside the second hula hoop, they run to the finish line.
It’s a fun and adorable obstacle race that’s perfect for a preschool sports day.
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Here are ideas for sports day events that will get kindergartens and daycare centers excited, and that even small children can enjoy participating in.
It’s a color-matching game where children look for and match items of the same color.
Place colorful dinosaur eggs prepared by the teachers in the middle of the field.
Children find the dinosaur mom that matches the color of the egg they chose and run to deliver the egg to her.
It’s a simple color-matching game that even little ones can join.
Be sure to include it in your sports day!
Go! Energetic Moles
The event “Go, Energetic Moles!” adds cuteness and humor to a traditional obstacle race.
There are two main points.
First, the children wear mole-themed crowns and run as if they are moles.
Second, obstacles such as brown plastic sheets and hula hoops are set up to evoke the feeling of moving through the soil.
It’s also wonderful to let them enjoy the process of making the mole crowns.
Wearing a handmade crown will likely boost their motivation even more.
Bread-eating race while being carried
How about arranging a classic sports day “bread-eating race” into a “piggyback bread-eating race” for your nursery or kindergarten sports festival? The key is to hang the bread a bit higher so children can only reach it if their parent picks them up.
Since lifting takes some strength, it’s an event that fathers as well as mothers can easily take part in.
We’d especially love dads who don’t often get chances to interact with their children to join in! It’s a creative twist on the usual bread-eating race.
My First Errand
In the “First Errand” event, children run an errand as part of the activity.
Place a variety of foods along the course and have each child pick one they like.
Then they deliver it to the house that’s the same color as the food to reach the goal.
Make the foods and houses using materials like cardboard, newspaper, and construction paper.
Through the event, let parents watch their children successfully complete their errand and feel their growth.
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Flower arranging with everyone
Introducing a field day event that even very young children can enjoy: a collaborative flower arrangement race.
Prepare plenty of artificial flowers big enough for a child to hold in their arms.
Try making them in a variety of colors like yellow, red, and pink.
At “Ready, go!” the children run to the bouquet pile and each picks their favorite flower.
They then run with the flower, place it into an empty container at the far end of the course, arrange it nicely, and cross the finish line.
The rules are simple, and it’s a delightful event where you can see the children looking adorable as they play.