[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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[Early Childhood Education] Sports day activity ideas. Let's make the sports day exciting! (41–50)
Go! Go! Go! by Shinkansen!
Recommended for classes that love vehicles! Here are ideas for Shinkansen GO! GO! GO! Many children are likely interested in bullet trains and working vehicles.
How about planning events centered on the Shinkansen this time? Start at a gate where you tap a card.
Seat the child in a cardboard Shinkansen and have their guardian run while pulling or pushing it.
After passing through a “waterfall” made of plastic tape streamers, they receive a souvenir and head to the goal.
If you package the souvenir like a station bento (ekiben), it will add to the excitement.
Give it a try!
Hide-and-seek at the sports day?
Parents and children will both get excited! Here are some ideas for playing hide-and-seek at a sports day.
Hide-and-seek is usually a game played during everyday playtime, right? This time, let’s try it at a sports day.
It’s especially recommended for preschools and kindergartens where children wear the same hats and gym clothes for the event.
After hide-and-seek, setting up a corner where parents and children can deepen their bonds through dance or interactive play will make things even more lively.
Give it a try!
Sushi Picnic
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Original song – Susu – Susu
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.
Jungle Guruguru
https://www.tiktok.com/@omiyamichinoko/video/7287176174759972097“Jungle Guruguru” is a dance idea for parents and kids! Stand side by side and have fun doing the same choreography together.
It’s simple yet super cute—shaking your hips, stepping in place while clapping your hands, and more.
You’ll also hold hands and jump together, which will make for some lovely, smile-filled photos.
Enjoy it as if you’re adventuring through a jungle.
If you prepare adventure-appropriate outfits for the kids, it might boost their motivation too.
relay race
Let’s compete seriously while following the rules! Here are some ideas for a competitive relay.
The events for the older class are really thrilling, aren’t they? Among them, relays are something that can excite both children and adults.
Watching them aim for first place while keeping their promise to run the designated course is sure to be moving! Including a competitive relay in your sports day can really highlight the children’s growth.
It’s a good idea to decide on rules in advance, such as how to pass the baton and how to overtake.
Play Park Together
In the interactive exercise “Let’s Play Park Together,” parents and children can try all kinds of movements: holding hands and jumping, cradling the children like treasures, playing bowling, and more.
Since you can switch roles in the bowling activity, if the parent plays the pins and does some funny moves, it might bring out smiles from the kids.
Finish by lifting the children up high for a grand finale! It’s sure to make a wonderful photo opportunity.
It may look difficult, but there’s actually not much dancing involved, so even one-year-olds should be able to enjoy it fully.
tug of war
A classic crowd-pleasing event! Here are some ideas for a tug-of-war.
Many parents and teachers may remember competing in tug-of-war when they were young.
Why not hold a tug-of-war as a timeless activity that still gets everyone excited? As each team comes up with strategies and puts them into practice, it can be a great opportunity for children to grow.
They can learn a lot by understanding winning and losing and by keeping promises while participating.
Give it a try!