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The four "its"
start the game in the center circle of the gym
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The rest of the
players stand on one of the mats to start the game
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Players run from
one mat to another and try not to get tagged
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Players may rest on a mat for five seconds and then they must go to a new mat.
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If they are tagged,
they go to the Duck Pond and quack like a duck (center circle).
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Free Walkbacks: Players get out
of the Duck pond by one of their classmates holding hands while quacking with them back to one of the safe mat bases.
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Play continues
for 1:30 -2:00 minutes, or sometimes the length of a song. then new "its" are picked.
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For all tag games, we play a game song for the duration of one turn, for this game the transition music (Oregon Mighty Oregon) is used to remind students to pick "new its" for a game.
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When this song is played the students who want to be "it" come up to the black line in front of the front wall(teacher wall), then sit cross-legged and raise their hand. The "old its" hand the ball (tagger) to someone waiting patiently for a turn. The transition music is set for about forty seconds.
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The "new its" go to the center circle to begin a new game.
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The "old its" go to the opposite wall to begin the next game.
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This sequence for picking "new its" continues until nearly all of the students are beginning the game on the opposite wall.
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When the game nears a conclusion the teacher can then adjust the number of people that are "it" so that everyone that wants a turn is able to have one.
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Note: You can shorten up games and allow more turns by ending one of the "game songs" early and jumping to the transition music.
Duck Pond Tag (Pickle variation)
Setup and Equipment: