Beanbag Bandages

Learning Outcomes

To help students improve body awareness, social-emotional skills, and gross motor control by pretending to be doctors and patients applying beanbag "bandages.
Balance and controlled movements while placing beanbags.

Identifying and moving different parts of the body.

Taking turns and communicating respectfully.

Listening & Responding

Description Of Activity

Send groups of 5 or 6 students to a cone, each student with a beanbag.
One student is the Patient and stands next to the cone. The other students are Doctors and form an arc around the Patient.

It's time to play Beanbag Bandage. The Patient was injured at recess and the doctors need to figure out where to put the bandage.

• Altogether, the doctors will ask, Where does it hurt? The Patient picks a body part to call out and places the beanbag over the injury. For example, My elbow hurts!
• All of the doctors follow along by also placing beanbags on their elbows and saying, All bandaged up! Is that better? The patient says, Yes, thank you!
• The doctors ask again, Where does it hurt? The Patient says another body part, My toes hurt! This continues until the teacher stops play and chooses new Patients.

Equipment/Material Required

• 1 beanbag per student
• 1 cone per group of 5 or 6 students