Game Tag: Recess Games

  • Any Size

  • Grades 1-2

  • Basketballs

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Ball Games
  2. Recess Games
  3. Rotational Games

Hot Shot Basketball ›

kids standing in circle in gymnasium
kids standing in circle in gymnasium

  • 11+ Players

  • Grades 3-5

  • Cones

  • 15-20 Minutes

  1. Ball Games
  2. Cooperative Games
  3. Indoor Game
  4. Recess Games
  5. Rotational Games

Celebrity Dodgeball ›

This is a great game for older students during indoor recess. In this game, players work together to throw a dodgeball at the chosen “celebrity”. This is a dodgeball variation!

  • Large Group (10 and up)

  • Ages 6-10

  • None

  1. Recess Games
  2. Tag Games

Mannequin Tag ›

Play this fun group game to help develop cooperation and listening skills.

  • Any Size

  • Ages 3-5

  • Cones

  1. Autonomous/Self-access Games
  2. Indoor Game
  3. Recess Games

Museum Night Janitor ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 6-10

  • Balls

  1. Ball Games
  2. Recess Games
  3. Rotational Games

Superstar Knockout ›

  • Any Size

  • Ages 3-5

  • Hula Hoops

  • Less Than 10 minutes

  1. Readiness Games
  2. Recess Games
  3. Tag Games

Hula Tag ›

  • 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

  • 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 ›