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RPS for a Balance Meal

Titre 1

-Objectif:

Titre 1

Be the first player to get a balanced meal—1 balanced meal = 1 FoodGroup Flag from each food group.

-Aptitudes motrices fondamentales:

  • Locomotor

    • Run​

-Liste d'équipement:

  • One complete set of FoodGroup Flags—change the Junk Food to another Grain

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-Lien d'équipement:

-Mise en place:

  • Place all of the FoodGroup Flags in the centre of the playing area.

  • Establish a perimeter around the playing area, and players stand outside this perimeter.

-Instructions:

  • On the leader’s signal to begin, players pair up with players and play a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors (Rock (fist) smashes Scissors (two fingers in scissors shape), Scissors cuts Paper (flat hand), and Paper covers Rock).

  • The player that wins then runs to the middle of the playing area and retrieves one FoodGroup Flag.

  • The player that did not win plays someone else outside the perimeter.

  • The player that returns with a FoodGroup Flag plays anyone outside the perimeter.

  • Continue till one player has a balanced meal—1 FoodGroup Flag from all 6 food groups.

Variation

  • Do this game as a relay with teams of 3 players in each team. Two teams of 3 players each stand beside each other outside the perimeter of the playing area.

  • The first players from each team compete at RPS with each other.

  • The winning players retrieve a FoodGroup Flag, the ones who did not win go to the back of their team’s line.

  • The next two players compete at RPS…. Till one team has all 6 different FoodGroup Flags.

-Questions et notes:

  • What are the four/five food groups and how many servings are recommended for your age group?

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