Game Tag: Cooperative Games

Blue Playworks ball used in Silent Ball game
Blue Playworks ball used in Silent Ball game

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 3-5

  • Balls

  • 10 minutes or more

  1. Ball Games
  2. Cooperative Games

Team Ball Race ›

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 6-10

  • None

  • 10 minutes or more

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Icebreaker
  3. Readiness Games

Fishbowl ›

Children playing recess game called Sneak
Children playing recess game called Sneak

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 6-10

  • Balls

  1. Ball Games
  2. Cooperative Games
  3. Tag Games

Sneak ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 6-10

  • None

  • 10 minutes or more

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Indoor Game

Tower of Power ›

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 3-5

  • Bases

  • Under 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 is OK to ask for help when they are feeling stuck.

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 6-10

  • None

  1. Cooperative Games
  2. Indoor Game

Whoosh Ball ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 6-10

  • Balls

  • Under 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 from one side to the next.  

  • 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 ›

kid smiling
kid smiling

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Grades 1-2

  • Hula Hoops

  • Under 10 minutes

  1. Cooperative Games

Blindfold Pickup ›