Kindergarten and 1st Grade Group Games Activities

Catch the dance mash fever with this catchy and foot-tapping activity that's all about movement and Halloween fun!

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.

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

This version of the carnival game where you try to toss chips into a cup, to win a fabulous prize, gives kids a boost in early writing and reading.

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

Play a phonics scavenger hunt no matter where you are. This game will have your child sounding out words and finding letter sounds in the objects around them.

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.

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

Have a blast celebrating the poetic prose of Dr. Seuss as you hop your way to better vocabulary and reading skills. Play Hop on Pop Hopscotch!

Simon Says is a classic outdoor game that young children love. Promote your child's development and improve listening skills by playing the game in a new way.

Entertain your next batch of energetic youngsters with a Halloween-inspired candy hunt!

Play Rock Tic-Tac-Toe, the perfect outdoor game for all ages. Help your child develop thinking skills and get away from the TV!

Mix fun with basic math in this fun homemade game of ring toss! Make rings out of paper plates and you're ready to play anytime, anywhere!

Help your child stay physically and mentally active with this group aerobic fitness game that's good for the heart and mind alike.

The next time your kids are pent up inside because of bad weather, try hosting a Balloon Olympics!

Support your first grader's counting and reading skills while laughing and running in this fun playground game.

Your children will squeal with delight when they discover all the mishaps that come about after a visit from the leprechaun.

Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a few riotous rounds of Hot Potato--played with a real potato!

Develop your kindergartener's fine motor skills while tracing shadows on a sunny day with this fun kindergarten activity.

At your next party, play this amped-up version of hot potato that comes with a prize!

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

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!

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!

Celebrate Read Across America Day with your kindergartener by playing an alphabet balloon volley game inspired by "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" by Dr. Seuss.

This twist on the same old Hide and Seek is a great weekend or rainy-day activity.

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"!

A new twist on the game of charades will inspire your first grader to look at her favorite books in a whole new light.

Have the kids use sidewalk chalk to draw portraits of their family and, in the process, learn about familial relationships.

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.