BMUFSD: Wolf's Den Game Allows Students To Develop Spatial Awareness

Press release from the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District:

2021-11-05

Kindergartners in Bonnie Seligson and Leslie Newman’s classes had a trip to the zoo recently. Well, sort of.

They played a game of tag called Wolf’s Den. In the game, they pretended to be wolves and bunnies. The wolves had to chase and tag the bunnies using a noodle, while the bunnies ran back and forth across the gymnasium floor. Once a bunny was tagged, he or she immediately turned into a “Baby Wolf.” Baby wolves had a stationary role: their job was to block bunnies by standing in their way.

“The students work through different forms of locomotor movements,” said physical education teacher James Tranchida. “It gets their heart rates up and they work on spatial awareness, watching where they are going and making sure to move in a safe manner in the gymnasium.”

According to Mr. Tranchida, students practiced galloping and skipping in order to learn how to move in an open space safely.

“Students have to be completely aware of their surroundings and avoid not only the wolves, who are after them, but also the baby wolves, who might stand in their way,” Mr. Tranchida said.

This press release was produced by the Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District. The views expressed here are the author’s own.