Number off the same amount on each side of the rope. The first team that gets the other team across their side of the line wins. Caregivers and teachers—join in!!! To play kick the can , place a coffee can in a large open area to be home base.
They both race to the can, and try to kick it first. Scatter out several hula hoop s around the play area. Assign taggers to freeze the other players.
Students inside a hula hoop can not get frozen, but can only stay long enough to count to Only one child per hula hoop is allowed. Draw the layout with the chalk — From bottom to top— 3 single squares, 1 double square, 2 single squares, 1 double square, 1 single square. Number the squares. The two basic rules of hopscotch are: 1 One foot in each square only 2 Hop over the square with the rock in it.
Use a rock to throw into the first square. Hop on one foot over the square with the rock in it. Land with two feet on the double squares.
On the second turn, throw the rock into the second square, and so forth. The tricky part is staying on one foot when the rock is in one of the side-by-side squares. You will need some flags or a strip of cloth to be used as a tail. Players with the most tails collected at a specified time are the winners.
Game is good in the gym or outside. Divide the children into teams. They each select one child from each team to be the prisoner of the other team and the two prisoners are placed in jail.
This can be a designated area or a chalk box if playing outside. The teams each line-up and the object of the game is to free the prisoner from the other team. If tagged, that child then becomes a prisoner too and must go to jail. If a child makes it to jail, however, he or she is safe as long as he is inside the prison. Have children pretend to be gold miners.
Paint very small rocks, gold. Hide them in the sand. Give your children small sifters to sift through the sand looking for gold. You can call this game anything you want. An idea is to use brown and green yarn and call it snakes and worms…. Form two teams with one or two kids on each side as captains. They will tie each yarn piece that is brought to them, to the next yarn piece. The team with the longest finished yarn string wins! Idea: This game would also be good for a party —and adapted to the inside.
All the children line up side by side except the player who is the caller. The caller stands at a distance from the lined up players. He calls on each player in turn to take a number of steps toward him. The steps allowed are: baby steps, giant steps, and scissor steps like forward jumping jacks.
If the player forgets to ask permission after they get directions— and takes steps toward the caller— they are sent back to the starting line. Balloon Foot Balance : For a real challenge, have your kids lie on the ground with their legs up in the air and try and balance the balloon on their feet. Give your kids some newspaper to scrunch up and throw up at the web. Or get creative and use other light-weight objects like balloons.
Sticky Note Wall Bop: Attach 26 sticky notes to the back of a door and write a different letter on each one in random order. Players with more advanced aim and spelling skills can try and hit all the letters in specific words to make it even tougher, if they miss one of the letters, have them start all over again! Floor Bop: Take Wall Bop to the floor. Instead of aiming up high, your kids will now have to toss an object to land on pieces of paper on the floor. The same rules as above can apply.
Ping Pong Ball Catch: Get out those plastic red Solo cups and a few ping pong balls or any small object that will fit in the cup and have your kids toss the ball to a partner and try and catch it in the cup. Start out close together and then keep taking a step backwards to increase the challenge. For a single-player, they can simply throw the ball in the air and try and catch it. Alligator Alley: One of our favorite go-to inside games of all time. Bonus points if Mom plays said hungry alligator and chomps after them when they stumble!
Hunts Although we may hunt for things all the time hello keys, wallet, phone! Lego Color Hunt: You have to try this one, it is a kid-favorite and super easy to execute. Select 4 pieces of colored construction paper and then collect 10 Lego pieces that match each one ie. Start the clock and have your kid s start hunting. Hide all the pieces of a wooden board puzzle and have your child search for them — returning each piece to the board as they go. This game gets them moving, and their brain working at the same time, and kids love having a goal to complete.
Paint Chip Color Hunt: Pick up some brightly colored paint chips from your local hardware store and ask your kids to find items that match each color as closely as possible again, keep a timer going so they quicken their pace. Use colored construction paper instead like Simple Play Ideas!
ABC Hunt: Have your kids go around the house with a basket, collecting items that start with each letter of the alphabet A for apple, B for Barbie, C for Crayola, etc — give them a checklist to mark off each one as they go. Time them so they run! And yes, set that timer! Put the tape up high and down low, forcing them to step over and crawl under at various points.
The only problem with this one is that once you make it, your kids will constantly be begging you to make another! Idea via Brassy Apple. Life-size Book Maze: This creative idea from Preschool Powol Packets uses books but other household items: clothing, brooms, and sports equipment like bats and sticks would all work well to create a large scale maze that will challenge your kids to find their way out. Once they have the hang of it, have them crawl, hop, or walk backwards through it!
This one is great for preschoolers to work on their spatial awareness and problem solving skills — in addition to getting them up and moving. Make-shift your own balls with a wad of newspaper, bean bags, soft toys or rolled-up socks.
Put a pair of wool-like mittens on your feet kids think this is pretty silly which adds to the fun Construct wax paper booties using string or tape Save old tissue boxes and kids can simply place their feet through the opening! Lacrosse: Lacosse is a tough sport to safely practice inside, unless you have this genius training device. The CradleBaby is a regulation Lacrosse ball with a tether strap that attaches to the head of a Lacrosse stick.
So your child can practice their stick skills all over the house without creating any damage! Use any type of ball to bowl, attempting to knock down as many pins as possible. Keep track of the score, or simply aim to knock them all down in one turn.
Create a plastic cup pyramid to up the fun-factor even more. Soccer: Bring outdoor nets inside, or set up a goal using 2 cones or plastic cups , a chair score by getting it through the legs or a simple piece of tape. Use any soft ball, or a super fun gliding ball like this one! A big thank-you to our incredible partner, Tea Collection , for providing us with samples of their new Active collection to test. Our kid-testers stayed cool in their colorful tanks, shorts and leggings thanks to the moisture wicking, made-to-move fabrics.
Create a course for your child to navigate through and see if they can do it without dropping it off the spoon. Have your kids step in and hold it up around their waist, then hop to the finish.
So simple, but they will be laughing like crazy and getting crazy tired all at once. This is one of our favorites because it not only builds gross motor coordination, but is great for sibling bonding too! Wheelbarrow Puzzle Walk: Take your average Wheelbarrow race to the next level by having your child complete a puzzle in this brilliant idea from Stir The Wonder. Set-up a wooden puzzle board and scatter the pieces around a room. They have to bring each piece back 1-by-1 and fit it into the board until the puzzle is complete.
Hula Hoop: If you have a Hula Hoop , now is the perfect time to dust it off and bring it back to life. Make it fresh by turning it into a game like who can do the most circles around their waist, arm or ankle. Try rolling it back and forth between 2 people, or see if your child can put some backspin on it and make it return to themselves.
Activity Dice We love these fun, interactive games where your assign a get-up-and-move task to each side of a cube. A few fun ones to try: Do 10 burpees…blindfolded! Crab Crawl backwards around the edge of the room Fly like a bird to the bathroom and back Army crawl for 20 seconds For extra fun, use 2 dice and assign movements to one die running, jumping, etc , and animals to the other.
Exercise Videos! Some of our favorite YouTube channels and videos for getting your kids up and moving include: GoNoodle: This channel provides the greatest variety of get-you-moving videos for kids.
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July 5, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral The game starts with somebody thinking of an animal, a vegetable, or a mineral. Charades This is a word guessing game. Duck, Duck, Goose For a family with many kids, this game is the answer to all your prayers! I Spy I Spy is a great sensory game for young kids to get to know the world around them.
Lego A bucket of Lego can go a long way with keeping your child busy while you get some work done! Musical Chairs To play this game, the chairs are set up in two rows back to back one chair less than the number of players. Playing Dress Up Gather old clothes, shoes, and hats to create a costume box. Rock, Paper, Scissors This is a hand game usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand.
Scavenger Hunt A scavenger hunt is all about finding items from a list in certain rooms or areas. Telephone In this traditional indoor game, one player thinks of a word or phrase and whispers it to another player, who whispers it to someone else. Twenty Questions This activity will help you with any boredom problems you might have no matter where you are.
Board Games Board games — the ultimate indoor games for kids. Great Card Games for Families Kid-friendly card games are an easy way to keep traditional indoor games for kids on hand. Paper Indoor Games These traditional paper games are fun and portable activities which require no set up or clean up. Donating to Support the Fight for Justice.
Give out awards for the prettiest, most creative, most colorful, and best-tasting cookies—though everyone's a winner when they get to enjoy these sweet treats. Bingo is a fun game for all ages, but creating your own cards can be time-consuming, given that each of them have to be different. Print out these printable bingo cards, and you'll have an instant Christmas party game that didn't cost you anything to put together.
Set up a fun scavenger hunt in which the kids search for Santa's reindeer, which you've hidden around the party space. Depending on the age of the children you have at the party, hide the reindeer in easy-to-spot locations or tuck them away to make them more difficult to find. The game suggests hiding small reindeer figurines, but you can make reindeer for free by using printable reindeer coloring pages.
To play this game, fill a large stocking with items around the house, and then the kids guess what's in the stocking.
The items in the stocking should be Christmas-themed, such as ornaments, pinecones, and bows. The guest who guesses the most items wins a prize. This Christmas party game for kids will help keep their minds sharp as they try to recall items that were placed before them.
There are two more variations to this game: One in which you ask specific questions about the items, and the other one in which you trick the kids into what exactly they were supposed to remember. This free printable game includes the face and a whole bunch of noses, so each child can have their turn. Pin the Red Nose on Rudolph from Untumble.
Santa Says is a fun take on that classic game Simon Says that's a great way to end a Christmas party for kids. Be sure to include things that Santa would do such as delivering presents, sliding down the chimney, and reading a Christmas wish list. Santa Says from The Resourceful Mama. How fast can kids wrap a present? You'll find out in this gift wrap relay. Split the group into teams, then have them race to wrap a present.
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