Kindergarten - 2nd Grade Group Games Activities

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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!

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

Your child will need to combine his sporty hand-eye coordination skills with his math skills to become the bullseye king.

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!

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

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

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

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

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.

Kids will love this more challenging version of tag where they'll have to run while "attached" to someone else.