Equipment: Chalk

kids playing indoor game
kids playing indoor game

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Grades 3-5

  • Chairs

  • 10 minutes or more

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Icebreaker
  3. Indoor Game

Magic Mind Trick ›

This is a great icebreaker, minute mover, or indoor recess game! In this game, students form a circle with one player taking the role of the “Mind Reader” in the…

  • 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 6-10

  • Bean Bags

  • Less Than 10 minutes

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

Playground Shuffleboard ›

  • Grades 3-5

  • Bean Bags

  1. Cooperative Games

Deweke ›

hopscotch
hopscotch

  • Pre K/K

  • Bean Bags

Hopscotch ›

  • Any Size

  • Grades 1-2

  • Balls

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Rotational Games

Jetsetter Four Square ›

  • Pre K/K

  • Chalk

Run If… ›

  • Grades 1-2

  • Chalk

School Yard Golf ›

kids running outside
kids running outside

  • 6-10 Players

  • Grades 1-2

  • Chalk

  • 5-10 Minutes

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

Scramble ›

This is a quick paced, rotational game. In this game, players have to stay on the lines of a foursquare court and avoid getting tagged by the Chef!