Childcare: Recommended program ideas for a sports day
Sports day at nursery and kindergarten is something to look forward to.
Creating the program is fun, but sometimes it’s hard to come up with ideas.
Beyond the entrance, exit, and warm-up exercises, it’s also important to plan a variety of events.
Here, we’ve gathered ideas for a sports day that kids can enjoy.
Consider activities like relays, obstacle courses, and dances that match the children’s ages.
Create a program that teachers and children can enjoy together, and make it a wonderful sports day where everyone smiles!
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[Childcare] Recommended Program Ideas for Sports Day (11–20)
Hey! Welcome!
Kids transform into sushi! Here’s a fun “Hey! Welcome!” activity idea.
In this unique event, children pick their favorite sushi topping, wear it on their backs, and crawl through a tunnel shaped like a customer’s mouth to reach the goal.
Parents play the role of sushi chefs: hold or give a piggyback ride to their sushi-transformed kids and run the course toward the mouth-shaped tunnel.
The adorable sight of the kids is sure to liven up the venue! Don’t miss the chance to give it a try.
Ball toss in oversized bloomers
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!
The Hero’s Grand Adventure
Kids are sure to join in with excitement! Here’s an idea for a Brave Hero’s Grand Adventure.
In this event, parents and children work together to overcome activities like mats and balance beams, defeat a big monster, and then reach the finish line.
Using a crown or a cape as the baton helps create the right atmosphere—highly recommended! Adjust the number and type of activities based on your venue size, and try incorporating it into your sports day.
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.
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!
4-person 1-leg relay
This is an obstacle race recommended as a competition for parents, designed to be tackled in teams.
Parents form groups of four and work together to complete various missions.
After one lap of the course, they pass the baton to the next group of four.
You can customize the obstacles and missions set up on the course in many ways, and since it’s done in teams of four, it also serves as a great opportunity for parents to connect with one another.
Try incorporating it while exploring different variations.
[Childcare] Recommended Program Ideas for Sports Day (21–30)
[Sports Day Dance] IdolYOASOBI
![[Sports Day Dance] IdolYOASOBI](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vY8LAkFEOoQ/sddefault.jpg)
The once-a-year sports day! These days, it’s become standard to include a dance performance as one of the events, and many teachers probably find themselves wondering each year, “Which song should we use this time?” There are a few classic kids’ dance songs, but of course you also want to dance to the latest hits.
In that case, how about dancing to YOASOBI’s “Idol”? As the opening theme for the anime “Oshi no Ko,” it’s incredibly popular and known by both children and adults.
It’s recommended for ages 4 and up, and the choreography can be simplified with arranged moves, so give it a try!
