Mini MArtiAn Activities
5 easy ways to get kids pumped up, in the spirit and to go home with Martians on the brain!!! TAke Me to Your LeAder TAg
Area: Gym or outside area with set boundaries Equipment: 2 mini Martians Instructions: Assign 2 students to be Martians by giving them a mini‐martian to hold (taggers) the rest of the students should spread out around the play area. On command Martians chase students (teacher’s choice of locomotor activity, walking/running). When a student gets tagged by a Martian they are frozen. They must stand in place holding up the peace sign. To “unfreeze” them another student must come and hold a peace sign to their peace sign and say “We come in peace” and student responds with “Take me to your leader.” Student is unfrozen and continues play. Switch Martians at teacher’s discretion. Mini MArtiAn Round Up
Area: Gym or outside area with set boundaries Equipment: 36‐48 mini Martians, 1 collection container, 4 colored jerseys Set‐Up: Spread the mini Martians around the perimeter of the area. Create a “center court circle” or area if not identified in playing space. Place one collection container large enough for 36‐48 Mini Martians in center of circle/area. Instructions: Assign 4 students to be Martians by giving them a green jersey and ask them space themselves out. Martian’s job is to protect the mini‐Maritans. They may travel in the area between the perimeter and center court. The rest of the students are Space Patrol (SP). Their job is to round up the mini‐Martians one at a time. All SP start inside center court, which is their safety zone. When game begins they may leave anytime to go collect one mini‐Martian. If they are tagged by a Martian the SP is frozen. If the SP has a mini‐Maritan, the Martian gets to place it back in the perimeter. To “unfreeze” another SP must come and perform 5 jumping jacks with frozen SP. They then get a free trip back to center safety zone by walking with their hands up until they are there. If a SP is able to travel to get a mini‐
Martian and bring it back to the center without being tagged they are allowed to put the mini‐Martian in the collection container. Once all mini‐Martians are in the collection container the game is over. Select new Martians and reset! Notes: Martians are only allowed to tag SP in‐between the center safety zone and the perimeter. 4 Martians (taggers) are allowed to travel in gray area SP Collection Container SP are safe if they are in the middle area or outside the perimeter Spread mini‐Martians around the perimeter of playing area Obey Me
Area: Gym or outside area with set boundaries Equipment: 1 mini Martian Instructions: Have students form a circle. Select one student to start with the mini‐Martian. When the music starts they pass the Martian around the circle until the music stops. The student that is holding the Martian when the music stops gets to go into the middle of the circle and select a fitness exercise of their choice. The say “Obey Me” rest of class says “Nanu. Nanu.” The leader states the fitness activity such as jumping jacks, mountain climbers, plank etc. The students perform the fitness activity for 10 Nanu Nanu counts. 1 Nanu Nanu, 2 Nanu Nanu, 3 Nanu Nanu…10 Nanu Nanu. Leader returns to the circle and teacher starts the music again. Me And My Martian Fitness
Area: Gym or outside area with set boundaries Equipment: 36 mini Martians, 36 sticky notes with exercises on them Set‐up: Stick the exercise onto the back of the mini‐Martian’s head and spread out around the playing area
Instructions: Have students spread around playing area. Ask them not to step or jump on Mini‐Martians. The teacher selects the first locomotor movement for students to perform around the mini‐Martians. When the music starts the students perform that movement around the mini‐Martians (skipping, walking, marching, etc.). When the music stops they step to the closest mini‐Martian and perform the fitness activity written on the sticky note. (jumping jacks, mountain climbers, plank, pretend jump rope, etc.) When the music starts again the teacher calls out the new locomotor movement for the students to perform around the mini‐Martians. Continue as long as teacher wants! nAnu nAnu number cATCH
Area: Gym or outside area with set boundaries Equipment: 1 mini Martians for every 2 students Instructions: Partner students up and have them stand across from each other to play catch. Every set of partners gets one mini‐Martian. Student with alien under hand throws it to the other student who must try to catch mini‐Martian with one hand. They receive 1 point if they catch it by the leg, 2 points if they catch it by the arm, and 3 points if the catch it by the head. The first person to 10 points wins! Re‐partner and replay if needed! To have some mini‐Martian’s or friends shipped by UFO to your school visit: www.rinovelty.com Item #: INALI24 www.martianmarathon.com/kids