Game Library

Need a group game for 30 kindergarteners, indoors, in a pinch? Trying to convince 5th grader boys to stop hogging the ball? We have you covered.

Explore hundreds of games by group size, available space and equipment, appropriate ages, and developmental skills. Our games are designed to keep all kids playing. You will see lots of games where everyone is “it”, ground-rules that keep games manageable for recess supervisors, skill-building variations on students’ favorite sports, and other adaptations that make games fun and inclusive for everyone.

  • Any Size

  • Grades 3-5

  • Balls

  1. Autonomous/Self-access Games
  2. Cooperative Games

Invent a Game ›

Do your students have active imaginations? Encourage them to team up to Invent a Game. With the task of creating a game with boundaries, rules and equipment, students’ minds are…

  • Any Size

  • Grades 1-2

  • None

  • Less Than 10 minutes

Iron Lungs ›

  • Any Size

  • Grades 1-2

  • Balls

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Rotational Games

Jetsetter Four Square ›

  • Grades 3-5

  • Bouncy Balls

Job Dodgeball ›

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Grades 1-2

  • Cones

  • 10 minutes or more

  1. Tag Games

Joey Roundup ›

  • Any Size

  • Grades 3-5

  • Jump Ropes

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Cooperative Games

Jump Challenge ›

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  • Small Group (1-10)

  • Grades 1-2

  • Jump Ropes

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Autonomous/Self-access Games
  2. Recess Games

Jump Rope/Double Dutch ›

  • Any Size

  • Grades 1-2

  • Jump Ropes

  • Less Than 10 minutes

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

Jump the River ›