PARACHUTE GAMES

14) FLOATING
Inflate parachute and let it float to the floor.

15) THE MOUNTAIN
Inflate the parachute.  Then lower the inflated parachute to the floor.  Kneel on the edge or just hold it down, but the edges must be sealed to retain the air inside the chute.  *Have the children observe that air has substance.

16) BEAN BAG PICK-UP
Number the students off into 4 separate teams.  Place 3 bean bags under the chute, in the middle.  Begin to inflte the chute, and as the team number is called 4 students try to retrieve one of the bean bags under the chute.

17) CAT AND MOUSE
1 student is chosen to be a mouse and goes underneath the chute.  Another student is chosen to be a cat.  The cat goes on hands and knees attempting to locate the mouse as the others try to hide the mouse by flapping the chute vigorously.  Can be played with more than 1 mouse or cat at a time.

18) GHOST TOWN
Have the students start in the forward bend position and inflate the parachute on command.  The students then take 3 steps forward and release the parachute as it settles down on them.

19) BALL SHAKE
Two light balls are placed on the parachute (beach ball or nerf ball).  The students hold the chute waist high and attempt to shake the other team's ball off the parachute.  Scoring: 1 point each time time the opponent's ball hits the ground.  No points are scored if a team shakes their own ball off the chute.

20) MOUSETRAP
Six to Eight students are selected as the mice.  The students inflate the parachtue while the mice run in and out between the children.   When the teacher calls out "run across" the mice must run across the circle while the try to trap the mice in the chute.  The mice that are caught must join the circle.  The last mouse caught is the winner.

21) BEAN BAG PICK-UP
The students are assigned different colored bean bags.  All the bean bags are put in the centre of the parachute on the ground.  The parachtue is raised (inflated) and a color is called.  All students assigned that color attempt to get at least 1 bean bag before being touched by the chute as it lowers.

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