Parent-Child Events for Sports Day: Recommended Ideas for Nurseries and Kindergartens

Ball-collecting competition

🧡 [Parent-Child Play • Boost Motor Skills] Three birds with one stone just by having fun—sharpen decision-making, quickness, and stamina! “Ball Collecting Race” ✌ For toddlers to lower elementary school students [Parent-Child Exercise]

Let’s incorporate activities that develop motor skills! Here are some ideas for a ball-collecting race.

There are likely many opportunities to use balls during exercise time.

By using familiar balls in competitions, children can develop their motor skills.

This time, we’re introducing a ball-collecting race that children can try together with parents or teachers, helping them build decision-making skills and quickness.

Competing while following rules can also provide a chance to learn social skills.

Be sure to give it a try!

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.

Heartbeat! Balance Game

If it falls, you lose? A heart-pounding balance game! ✨ #at-homeplay #summerbreakcrafts #crafts #recreation

“Heartbeat! Balance Game” is a competition where participants split into teams, and each parent-child pair stacks one box at a time.

You need to keep the stack balanced, and as it gets taller, children won’t be able to reach on their own.

When it gets high, the guardian should gently lift the child so they can place the box.

Speed matters in this event, so you’ll need to stack quickly and accurately and switch smoothly between parent and child.

You can stack anything, like empty tissue boxes! To prevent them from being blown away by the wind, put some filling inside to add a bit of weight.

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Super Mario-style ball toss game

Introducing a Super Mario-style ball toss that makes you feel like you’re inside a video game.

The rules are the same as a regular ball toss.

When the start signal sounds, throw balls into the basket with a Mario illustration on it.

Prepare colorful balls, and you can even stick Mario illustrations on some to turn them into “item balls,” turning it into a ball toss where you collect items—sounds fun, right? The winner is decided by the number of balls that land in the basket.

Give it a try together and enjoy seeing what kinds of items you can collect!

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Checckori Tamaire (Checckori Ball Toss)

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Che Che Kori – Oto no Kakehashi Children's Choir

Let us introduce Chekkori Tamaire, a game where everyone has fun dancing together.

Move your body joyfully by dancing to the Che Chekkori song.

As soon as the music stops, throw the balls toward the basket.

Repeat the same sequence within the time limit and compete to see how many balls end up in the basket at the end.

Since ball tossing pauses while everyone is dancing, the whole group can get excited together—that’s a key point.

Chekkori Tamaire gets everyone at the venue dancing, so be sure to give it a try!

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Various beanbag toss games

All Sorts of Ball Toss Games! [Ages 3–5] | Torikai Yuiku-en [Nursery/Kindergarten]

In autumn, many daycare centers and kindergartens start practicing for their sports days.

When it comes to sports day classics, tamaire (ball toss) is a staple.

Here are some fun variations on the classic ball toss game.

The first variation uses about three baskets, each labeled with a large point value.

Children throw balls into the baskets, and at the end, you count the balls in each basket and determine the winner by total points.

It’s also exciting to increase the distance to the baskets depending on the children’s ages.

The second variation is a chase-and-toss game where one child runs while wearing a basket on their back.

The other children chase and try to toss balls into the moving basket.

Both the runner and the chasers are running, which makes it lively and fun.

Try incorporating these into your sports day!

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Ping-pong ball toss game

A ping-pong ball tossing game! A craft you can make in 3 minutes that kids will love! #craft #handmadetoys #games #elementaryschool

Here’s a ping-pong ball toss game you can enjoy even at an indoor mini sports festival.

It’s a fun activity that really livens things up.

Fix a clothespin to a pair of chopsticks, attach them together, then glue a bottle cap to the front.

Set a ping-pong ball in place and try to shoot it into a goal made from a paper cup.

Count how many balls go in—the person with the most wins.

This ping-pong ball toss lets you enjoy that sports-day feeling even in a limited indoor space.

Give it a try!

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