Line Tag
Skills:
Physical: agility, balance, lower extremity coordination, upper extremity strength
Cognitive: visual processing, selective attention, sustained attention, divided attention
Social: teamwork
Number of participants:
5 or more
Equipment:
none
Description:
- children hold each other’s hands
- first person attempts to tag the last person without breaking the line (with the assistance of the other children)
- if line is broken or the last person in the line is tagged, the last child becomes the “tagger”
History:
A traditional Indigenous game of the Blackfoot to develop balance, cooperation, speed, and hand strength.
Modifications to make the activity easier:
Change the environment: make the activity area smaller to decrease physical demand
Change the task:
- give a strategy to the first child on how to tag the last person in the line to decrease cognitive demand
- have the last child in line stay in the same spot to decrease physical and cognitive demand
Modifications to make the activity harder:
Change the environment: make the activity area larger to increase physical demand
Change the task:
- increase duration of the activity to increase physical demand
- give a time limit to tag the last child in the line to increase physical and cognitive demand
Goal examples:
- I will be able to tag the last child without breaking the line in 2 minutes
- I can tag my last friend on the line
