Age: Grades 3-5

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 3-5

  • Bases

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Recess Games
  3. Tag Games

Helping Hands Tag ›

In Helping Hands Tag, students need a “helping hand” from another student to get back in the game after being tagged. Use this game to help students remember that it…

  • Any Size

  • Ages 3-5

  • Balls

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Ball Games
  2. Readiness Games
  3. Rotational Games

Penalty Kick Soccer ›

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 6-10

  • None

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Indoor Game

Whoosh Ball ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 6-10

  • Balls

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Ball Games
  2. Cooperative Games
  3. Indoor Game

Patintero ›

Get those butterfly fingers ready and jump into the grid for Patintero. This traditional game from the Philippines will have students tagging, evading, and laughing as they try and cross…

  • Any Size

  • Ages 3-5

  • Cones

  • 10 minutes or more

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Indoor Game
  3. Readiness Games
  4. Recess Games
  5. Tag Games

Queens ›

Children playing recess games like Sneak
Children playing recess games like Sneak

  • Small Group (1-10)

  • Ages 6-10

  • Balls

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Autonomous/Self-access Games
  2. Ball Games
  3. Indoor Game
  4. Recess Games
  5. Rotational Games

Hula Ball ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 3-5

  • None

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Readiness Games
  2. Tag Games

Rock Paper Scissor Tag ›

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 6-10

  • Balls

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Ball Games
  2. Readiness Games

Floppy Fish ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 3-5

  • Jump Ropes

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Indoor Game
  2. Recess Games
  3. Rotational Games

Cat and Mouse ›

In Cat and Mouse, jump rope skills become a matter of survival. This game combines jump rope and tag to keep all players moving through the rope. Players run and jump…