Warm-Up and Cool-Down Games Ideas Other PE Ideas Share Your Own Ideas P.E. - Warm-up and Cool-down Ideas Welcome to the Physical Education pages. Look at the Warm-up and Cool-down P.E. ideas and resources listed below,
or browse around the other P.E. sections using the bar above. • Beans Activity - A very useful (and fun!) warm-up activity. • Pirate Ship - A fun warm-up game in which children pretend to be on board a pirate ship. • Smugglers - A competitive warm-up game, which encourages children to steal from one another! • The Video Game - An enjoyable warm up activity involving video recorder controls! • The Washing Game - A fun warm-up game, based on washing! • Up, Down, Stop, Go! - An exciting warm-up activity. • Commando - A lively game which is great for team-building. • Human Bop-It! - Children love the Bop-It games, so why not play in your PE lessons! • Dancing Transitions - A fun way of occupying children during breaks, or as warm-up and cool-down activities. • Mission Impossible - A clever warm-up activity which children really enjoy! • Stuck in the Mud - A classic game which is a great warm up activity, or simply play it for fun! • Team Seating - Encourage your children to work in teams using this co-operative activity. • Cat and Mouse - A competitive warm-up game where children have to catch tails! • Pasta PE - An enjoyable warm-up activity, linked to pasta! • Hoop! - An exciting warm-up game for younger children. • The Mr. Man Game - Use the Mr. Men to get your children moving! • Bumper Cars - A fun game which aims to develop spacial awareness and travelling skills. • Sharks - An exciting warm-up game which involves trying to escape from imaginary sharks! • The Sharks are Coming! - An active warm-up game which requires children to get into groups. • Late for School! - A fun warm up activity which involves pretending to get ready for school! Includes a related cool-down activity too. • Three Blind Mice - An exciting warm-up game based on the popular nursery rhyme. • Guess the Corner - A fun, active game which could be used as a warm up activity. • Cups and Saucers - A very enjoyable game which can be used as a warm-up activity. • Clocks - A fast-paced warm-up game which encourages use of different muscles. • Adoration - An enjoyable warm up game which can be played as fast or as slow as you like! • Quick Warm Ups  - A long list of different warm up activities (in PDF), none of which involve equipment so they can be carried out quickly and easily. Contributed by Mr Chong Meng Lieng. • Heads, Shoulders... - Use a well-known song in your PE lessons to develop understanding of body parts. Links to other sites: • Frank and Mike's Physical Education Page - A wonderful site, containing ideas and tips about teaching a variety of different sports. Also includes the history of each sport. • Playground Fun - Find out how you and your children can use Playground fun as a learning tool at home or the classroom with articles and teaching materials.  Leapfrogs: The Primary PE Handbook An essential guide, with information, ideas and practical help to aid the primary teacher in planning and teaching their PE lessons. 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