[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 the sports day exciting! (91–100)
Family Space Travel
How about trying a parent-child event that feels like an exploration and adventure in space? The child sits in the front of a spaceship and the guardian in the back, and together they defeat aliens they encounter in space, grab stars from treasure chests, and head for the goal.
The spaceship made of cardboard has handles, so the guardian can hold it and run.
Pick up a sword along the course and knock down objects representing aliens.
It’s an event that includes elements of an obstacle race.
The stars taken from the treasure chests are well-earned rewards for the kindergarteners.
Defeat the pirates!
This is an event you can insert between more traditional programs to create a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere.
The teacher playing the pirate should be well disguised so their true identity isn’t revealed—that’s the key point of the performance.
Then, have everyone throw beanbag balls at the pirate and work together to defeat them.
Use the microphone to hype things up with lines like, “Let’s defeat the scary pirate!” and “Let’s all work together and do our best!” Hearing these prompts helps the children focus on the activity of grabbing and throwing the balls, so they can enjoy exercising while having fun.
[Childcare] Sports day activity ideas. Let’s make the sports day exciting! (101–110)
Enjoy freshly baked bread.
Popular anime characters join the sports day events! These are fun sports day games that even small children can enjoy while playing.
First, in a footrace, choose a character face—like Anpan, Shokupan, or Melonpan—placed in the field.
Once you’ve picked a face, look for the house that has the same picture as the face you’re holding.
When you find the matching house, throw the face you’re holding through the window to clear the game.
You can, of course, use non-anime characters for the event as well.
Taking a stroll on a box♪
This is a parent–child activity using boxes that’s perfect for a class of 0-year-olds.
Use sturdy materials like cardboard to make a vehicle for the children to ride in.
At the sports day, have the children ride in their vehicles while the parents pull them with a string.
Pull slowly and aim for the goal as you move forward.
It’s also nice to set up a mini corner before the finish line where participants can grab a balloon or choose an item.
Decorate the boxes cutely while looking forward to the expressions the children will have as they ride!
Let’s complete the puzzle together as a parent and child
Work together with a partner to complete a giant puzzle.
This is a sports day event idea where you collaborate with parents or teachers to fit in one panel at a time, and when you finish assembling the large puzzle, you clear the game.
Teams are divided and complete the puzzle in a relay format.
Adults and children cooperate, think about where to place the panel they’re holding, then pass the baton to the next person.
The team that finishes the puzzle first wins.
For panels placed high up, have an adult lift the child so they can stick it on.
We can’t wait to see what picture appears at the end!
footrace
The classic sports day event: the footrace.
Whether it’s running on a straight course or on a curved track, it’s a competition where kids pour all their energy into running.
Some children are good at it, while others find it challenging.
But by showing how hard they try, they’re sure to make their parents happy! Assigning places brings both joy and frustration, which nurtures the desire to try again next time.
Cheering on friends who are running also fosters kindness and empathy.
It’s a staple event, but even this single race can promote many kinds of growth in children!
Fruit-picking competition
This is a fruit-picking obstacle race.
You choose your favorite fruit, and the activity changes depending on what you pick—for example, you might cross a balance beam, crawl through a tunnel, or get lifted high.
Afterwards, you stick your fruit onto a tree the teacher is holding, and it’s fun to complete a tree full of fruit.
You can pick fruit based on the exercise you want to do, or choose your favorite fruit and then do the corresponding activity—either way, it will be an enjoyable obstacle race.
It can also be enjoyed as a parent-child event.
