Table 1.

Description of elements in the active play exercise

	Exercise	Description
Warm-up (10–15 min)	Frozen tag	With variations on how to be ‘unfrozen’ (eg, crawl between legs, perform 10 squats)
	10 ball	There are two teams. Each team makes 10 passes without losing the ball. The other team tries to get the ball
	Tail tag	A ‘tail’ (small rope) is attached to each child's pants. Each child tries to grab the tail from the other participants
	Chip and Dale	Two persons (Chip and Dale) sit back to back. When Chip is called, she/he must run a certain distance with Dale in chase, and vice versa
	Cleaning up	‘Garbage’ (15 beanbags) is placed on each side of a ‘fence’. Two teams. Each team ‘cleans’ up by throwing as much ‘garbage’ as possible over the fence to the other team. Time: 30 s
	Naval battle	Two teams (ships) on each side of the room. Area between is ‘water’ with a ‘canon’ (Swiss ball). Each team throws soft balls to try to push the ‘canon’ on to the other team's ‘ship’.
Main section (35–40 min)	Tarzan tag	All kinds of equipment (benches, mats, ‘paint ball bunkers’, hula hoops) are spread around the room. One tagger chases the others, and the children must avoid being tagged by moving between equipment without touching the floor
	Bus relay	One child is the ‘driver’ who runs around in the room with a long rope, picking up ‘passengers’ who hold onto the rope and run with the driver
	Deck of card relay	Two teams. Each team collects spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs, and must perform various ‘penalty loops’ when they get the wrong card
	Team game	Two teams. Different stations (10 jumps on a bench, crawling on the floor, 10 high jumps on a gymnastic mat, jumping ropes) in a circuit. On the last station, pieces from a puzzle or monopoly money are collected. The team that completes the puzzle or gets the most money first wins
	Flipping cones	Two teams. 30 cones are spread around the room. One team runs and puts up cones and the other team turns them over. Time: 30 s
	Hunting beanbags	Two teams; five beanbags in each corner of the room. Each team has to ‘protect’ the beanbags in two corners, while at the same time taking beanbags from the other team
	Gym mat relay	Two teams. Relay with gymnastic mats to be pushed, rolled over, or lifted a certain distance
	Obstacle relay	Two teams. An obstacle course with ‘obstacles’ to jump over, crawl under, balance on, etc
	Station relay	Stations: jumping rope, squat jumps on a gymnastic mat, stepping on a bench, etc
Cool-down (5–10 min)	Untie the knot	Children stand in a circle holding hands and walk over/under arms and legs to make a ‘knot’. One subject ‘unties’.
	Relaxation	Lying on a mat listening to quiet music
	Shoe relay	A pile of children's shoes lie in the middle of the room. Two teams. Each child must find their own shoes, tie them, and run back to the starting position
	Waking up	Lights out. Individuals lie on mats. One calmly wakes the other individuals up