PE Activities
Telling Time Game
Your first grader will love telling time while playing this fun game of tag! Ask Captain Midnight for the time, but watch out when his watch says "midnight"!
Reverse Tag
This variation on an old game involves counting, moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, and practice with running and dodging.
Jump Rope The Days of the Week!
Here are two fun, rhythmic jump rope chants to help your first grader learn the days of the week, practice reading skills, and stay fit!
Wolfie Wolf! An Outdoor Math Game
Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.
Verbs Relay Race!
Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.
Play ExerDice!
Run, jump, and skip your way to physical fitness with ExerDice, a game that uses dice printed with different exercises! It's a perfect party or family game.
Exercise the Alphabet Outside
Kindergarteners are expected to master the alphabet. Get your child outside and exercising with this fun, move and shake alphabet game.
Host a Balloon Olympiad
The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!
Play Builders and Bulldozers
Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.
Play the Game: Itsy Bitsy May I?
Like "Mother, May I?", this following directions tag game focuses on gross motor skills, but to the theme Itsy Bitsy Spider. Fun indoors or outside!
Build Writing Muscles with a Water Relay
Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.
Bean Bag Challenges
These bean bag games are a fun and inexpensive way to keep your first grader learning! Work on social skills, coordination, math, or even spelling!
Play Alphabet Tag
Kids get in lots of letter learning as they play this fun twist on regular tag, which engages their minds as well as their bodies.
Play Patterns on the Move
This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.
Play Animal Musical Chairs
In this variation on musical chairs, no one gets kicked "out" of the game -- instead, they get to tell other kids what to do!
Mother, May I?
This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.
Play Twist 'N Turn!
Here's Twist 'N Turn: let your preschooler or pre-kindergartener be outside and active while learning about shapes, colors, directions, and word recognition.
Leap Frog Math Game
In this activity, the children will use their muscles to jump on lily pads read numbers as they jump and count as they jump.
Tightrope Walking
With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.
Picture This! An Outdoor Game
This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!
Play Number Dash!
Play Number Dash with your preschooler and help him learn to identify numbers, write numbers and learn about organized play.
Make Your Own Beanbag Game
Use old coffee cans and socks to make a beanbag toss game for kids in preschool and kindergarten. This activity is great for math and coordination.
Beach Ball Volleyball
Make your own volleyball net! This beach ball game is a great activity for kids of all ages to develop coordination and teamwork.
Play Animal Exercises
Preschoolers need to practice hopping, skipping, and other "gross motor" skills. Why not make it fun by challenging them to move like their favorite animals?
Go on an Alphabet Photo Shoot
As your child plays photographer, snapping pictures around the yard, he'll also be practicing recognizing letter sounds, which will help him learn to read.
Red Rover, Green Rover
Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your preschooler!
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