Mirroring is a great game to get kids ready for PE class. It will get their bodies moving and their hearts pumping, getting them ready for class.

To play the game, having each student find a partner. Choose one partner to start doing various motions. They can kick, move their harms, spin around, or do any other motions.

The child’s partner will try to mirror their motions. You can set a time limit and when the time is up, the partners can trade places and the child who was doing the mirroring can start doing the motions.

This fun activity is a great cardio warm up and it will get the students warmed up for exercise or games that you have planned.

#2 Donkey Tails

According to Active Kids, jogging, backpedaling, and side shuffling are all great ways to warm up for some intense play and exercise. Donkey tails is a fun way to incorporate all three of these warm-ups into one game.

To play this game, you are going to need a strip of material for each student. The material should be about 7-inches long and 3-inches wide. Next, have each student put the material in their back pocket.

If they don’t have pockets, they can just put the material in the waistband of their pants. Have the children stand in a circle until you say, “go.” When the kids get the signal, they should run around, trying to grab the tails from the other students.

This will require them to run backward, run sideways, and change directions quickly. The student who has the most tails when everyone has lost their tail is the winner.

This is a great warm-up because the game should take no longer than 5 minutes.

#3 Red Light, Green Light

This is a great game to warm up the class because it involves walking, running, and suddenly stopping.

Each of these things will get the kids’ blood pumping and the changes in speed will stretch their muscles to get them ready for the activities that you have planned for the class.

The game is very simple, which makes it great for kids of any age. Have the kids start at one end of the gym. Instruct the kids to run fast when you shout, “green light”, slow down when you shout, “yellow light”, and stop when you say, “red light.”

As the kids go to the opposite end of the gym, keep shouting commands. When the kids get to the opposite end of the gym, start the game again so that they can go to where the game started.

This will get the kids warmed up for whatever activity is on your lesson plan.