1st - 3rd Grade Group Games Activities

Use a deck of playing cards to practice place value and other math concepts with your upper elementary child!

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Understanding how a map works is tricky for kids, so why not make it into a fun activity for the whole family?

Challenge your third grader and a few friends to teamwork and laughs with these boisterous indoor Christmas games.

Play hopscotch with numbers, but also with letters, to get kids ready for reading.

Help your first grade reader understand verbs by doing them in this boisterous playground relay race.

Use the appeal of the common road sign to your advantage by creating a game with hidden learning opportunities.

Math Facts Game: A mix of musical chairs and Twister meets math. Nipping multiplication problems in the bud was never this much fun!

Stuck inside on a rainy day? Teach your child a classic kid's game: Five Stones. All you need are five stones and a flat surface.

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.

Help your child get comfortable with the concept of estimation, which will come in handy during everything from standardized tests to future shopping trips!

This year, celebrate Father's Day with three hilarious outdoor family games.

Introduce your youngster to this Japanese version of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

Try these story starters - creativity and sequencing skills combine to create wild stories that will have the whole family in stitches!

Nothing chases the blues away like a trip to the boardwalk. Bring the fun home with this do-it-yourself version that sneaks in some math practice.

What better way to raise awareness about the environment than with an eco-friendly Earth-themed party? Get your party started with this step-by-step guide.

It's important to be able to add and subtract quickly and accurately, and this activity is the perfect way to practice.

Make math fun and easy with this activity that challenges your child to use their addition and multiplication skills to win a race!

Homophones are those tricky little words that tend to confound early learners. Help your second grader ace the challenge with this outdoor game.

Your kids will love this tradition of finding a leprechaun's gold hidden all over.

It's that time of the year again! Celebrate the start of a new school year with a back to class bash, complete with arts and crafts, food and games.

Horseshoes makes a perfect family activity for a summer afternoon. With a bit of cardboard and handful of pennies, you can create your own set!

Little kids love this messy but fun Easter party game: bob for chocolate Easter eggs in a giant blob of whipped cream. The first one to find all her eggs wins!

Help your child with his decoding and early reading skills in this fun game where you follow a spider web to find your treasure!

Creating number patterns with pencil and paper can be dull, but creating hopscotch pattern can bring exciting math learning!

The next time you're trapped indoors on a dreary day, try this take on dodgeball. All you need are a group of kids, an open area and a soft, spongy ball.

Host a royal party full of "please and thank you" - even the queen would approve. Have a ball while your kids practice etiquette!

Make subtraction practice more fun with this outdoor review game that's great for beginning math learners and more advanced!

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"!

Kids get to play mad scientist in this wacky drawing game that's a great way to help kids to mellow out after the high-energy antics of recess.