Wipe Out Warmup Tag

Students listen to the beginning of the song for the drum part. Students are told to find own space and lay on the ground. Three to five noodles are given out for taggers. When the drums start all students (including the taggers) kick their legs in the air as fast as the drums go. When the guitar starts playing, all students stand up and flee from the taggers. If a person is tagged they receive the noodle and turns into the tagger. The previous tagger has to perform a stationary swim movement (arm strokes) or dance until the next drum section plays. When the next drum series start all students (including the taggers) stop and lie back down and kick legs. When guitars play again a new tag game is started. There are 4 rounds within this song. Teaching Suggestions: • 3-5 grades have the choice of dancing or doing a stationary swimming movement. • Pre-k – 1st: Instead of having the noodle passed when tagged, taggers keep the noodle until teacher makes change to taggers during the drum sections. • Kids need to be