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Preschool Classroom & Small Group Games

Looking for preschool group games, preschool classroom games, or small group activities for preschoolers? You've come to the right place.

Education.com has put together a fantastic collection of games and activities for preschoolers that get little learners up and about and ready to learn. Practice number recognition with Run Around the Numbers, reinforce verbal and listening skills with Hopped Up Hide and Seek, and more. This collection of preschool group games and small group games is perfect for a morning or afternoon of fun, inside or outside the classroom.

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Go on a Direction Scavenger Hunt

This scavenger hunt game is simple, but it's fun, and it will arm your child with the directional vocabulary he should master in time for kindergarten.

Hopped Up Hide and Seek

This slightly tweaked version of "Hide and Go Seek" hones listening: a key skill for kindergarten.

Over and Out! 2 Great Obstacle Courses

When it comes to working kids' muscles, nothing beats an obstacle course! Here are some easy ideas for creating your own course at home.

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?

Play Punctuation Red Light, Green Light

With nothing more than a flat open space and some lively kids, you can reinforce key concepts of punctuation while having lots of healthy laughs.

Musical Magical Hoops!

This fun game tests your child's memory and helps him recognize colors, listen well, discriminate between sound and silence, and stop and start on signal.

Tightrope Walking

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

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!

Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

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