Game: Farmers and Sheep Tag Type: Pursuit and Evade
Cycle: I, II Activity Level: Easy, Medium
Tactics: use of open space, avoiding others
QEP: Comp. II, using available space, avoiding taggers
Description:
Layer 1:
Choose “farmers” who will be the taggers. Everyone else are sheep and have to avoid being tagged by the farmers. When tagged, person lies on their back with feet and hands in the air. Anyone else can free them by rolling them over and they have to say “baa” as they are being rolled. Person is on base when freeing someone.
Layer 2:
Add more farmers to tag. Add a sheep pen, base, where sheep can’t be tagged.
Modifications:
Make sure to change farmers quickly and frequently.
Time limit for sheep in pen/base. Can’t go to base more than two or three times.
If no one comes to save sheep, do five leg raises to get back in game.
Safety:
Be careful of sheep on ground.
Roll sheep onto side gently.
Tags must be gentle and below shoulders
Cycle: I, II Activity Level: Easy, Medium
Tactics: use of open space, avoiding others
QEP: Comp. II, using available space, avoiding taggers
Description:
Layer 1:
Choose “farmers” who will be the taggers. Everyone else are sheep and have to avoid being tagged by the farmers. When tagged, person lies on their back with feet and hands in the air. Anyone else can free them by rolling them over and they have to say “baa” as they are being rolled. Person is on base when freeing someone.
Layer 2:
Add more farmers to tag. Add a sheep pen, base, where sheep can’t be tagged.
Modifications:
Make sure to change farmers quickly and frequently.
Time limit for sheep in pen/base. Can’t go to base more than two or three times.
If no one comes to save sheep, do five leg raises to get back in game.
Safety:
Be careful of sheep on ground.
Roll sheep onto side gently.
Tags must be gentle and below shoulders
