1st - 4th Grade Group Games Activities

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

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

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

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

Kids put their geography knowledge to the test in this balloon volley game inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Oh the Places You'll Go".

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

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

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

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

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

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"!

Help your second grader understand compound words by doing this fast, goofy three legged race.

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

Encourage a group of third graders to play this fun game of Whistle Hide-and-Seek as a warm-up to get them prepared for finding a "lost" camper.

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.

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

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.

These flying potato poppers make a cool sound, create a celebratory mood, and they can teach your child about the power of air pressure.

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!

Try to pop other opponents balloons while trying to protect your own. This exciting game is sure to be a hit with the kids at your next party!

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

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

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!

Compare fractions in this two-player math game. The objective of the games is to work together to determine who has created the largest fraction.

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

This math game helps fourth graders improve their understanding of positive and negative integers in a fun way.

Here's a party game that's guaranteed to bring along lots of laughs. Kids get creative as they act out improve scenes with some help from an audience.

Boost your child's listening, verbal and teamwork skills with this unique trust game in which one player guides another through a maze using only words.

Teach your child golf without the clubs! Introduce her to Pebble Golf, a fun beach game and a great way to develop her depth perception.

Need an outdoor activity for your next party or family gathering? Try this wacky group relay game that's fun for adults and kids alike.