K-6
This game may also be called “Cars”. The students are considered cars and may only travel on the lines on the gym floor. The lines are considered “roads”. If a student does not follow the road, they have gotten their car into a wreck and thus, become a roadblock and must sit down on the road. There are 2 players who are “it” and are called “wreckers”. The wreckers carry a yarn ball (tagging device) and move along the lines just as the cars do and attempt to tag the cars. If the wreckers tag a car, then the car is wrecked and must sit down. Nobody may go around a wrecked car because they are a roadblock. If the wrecker goes off the road and passes a roadblock, that car, and that car only may re-enter the game and is fixed. There are also 2 players moving on the roads called mechanics. They may touch wrecked cars on the shoulders and they are fixed. The mechanics must also follow the roads and if they go off the road, they are also wrecked and become a roadblock. The mechanics wear a bright colored pinnie as to be easily identified. The mechanics may be tagged and must become a roadblock if tagged. After all players are tagged or a certain amount of time, new mechanics and wreckers are chosen and the game may begin again.
Variations:
- more or less mechanics/wreckers
- for longer games, have the mechanics be “free” meaning that they cannot be tagged and are free to save all throughout the game.
Equipment:
- two tagging devices (yarn balls)
- two pinnies