Memory Run: Halloween Edition with Memory Cards for Physical Education

This Halloween edition of the Memory Run is a running game for physical education classes in which small groups recreate a memory card full of Halloween symbols from memory. Taking turns, the children run to the memory card on the other side of the playing field and memorize as many fields as possible. Back at their group, they fill in the fields on the blank memory card.

This is included in the material

• Game instructions with duration, required material, game description, variants, and a sketch for setup
• Memory cards with Halloween symbols, individual letters, and characters in different sizes
• Memory cards as a blank grid matching each memory card

Tips for using the material

• As a group competition: After the game leader gives the starting signal, one child from each group can run off; the next starts as soon as it is back behind the starting line. The group that has completely and correctly filled in its memory card first wins.
• Playing individually: Instead of in groups, all the children can also play individually. Then the child who has correctly filled in all the fields first wins.
• With an obstacle course: On the way to the memory card, a slalom or obstacle course can be set up for the children to complete.
• All at the same time: The members of a small group can also run at the same time.

These skills are promoted

• Memory, because the children memorize as many fields as possible and enter them from memory
• Close observation when capturing the symbols and letters and their fields in the grid
• Running in constant alternation between the starting line and the memory card
• Cooperation, since each group fills in a memory card together

Organizational notes

Memory cards, memory cards, pens, and cones are required. Each group receives a memory card and a pen.

To match: the Memory Run in its basic form, the Winter Edition of the Memory Run, and the Halloween Memo Relay.