Get your kids active with our Recess Enhancement Program's (REP) game, Samurai Tag! This tag game is ideal for spaces where kids can really run. It will get the blood pumping and have everyone exhausted by the end!
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Superhero Tag
Who: Grades 3-5
Players: 15+
Time: 15+ minutes
Where: Large playground
Equipment: Four cones
How to Play
- One person is the villain, ‘it’, and one person is the superhero.
- The villain’s superpower is to freeze you and the superhero’s power is to unfreeze.
- Villain tags with 2 fingers above the waist.
- When tagged by the villain freeze in your favorite superhero pose.
- When the superhero gives you a high five you are unfrozen and rejoin the game.
Check for Understanding
- What do you do when you are tagged?
- Who unfreezes you?
Game Tip
- Have more than one villain or superhero at a time.
Conflict-Resolution Tip
- Help students play Rock-Paper-Scissors to solve any arguments.
Indoor Tip
- Switch to walking or hopping to lower the energy or if you need to regain control.
Play
- Easy: Tag the shoulders only.
- Medium: Freeze in a one-leg superhero pose.
- Hard: Hop on one leg.
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