Group Games Social Studies Resources

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

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

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

Introduce your fifth grader (and friends) to a unique Jewish tradition by paying homage to the Maccabiah games by engaging them in their own makeshift games!

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".

Inspire your fifth grader to explore a new culture and determine her New Year's fortune by playing this German wax dripping game.

Horse chestnuts are inedible, but British children found a fun use for them around the 1840s by turning them into a game called Conkers.

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

Teach an important and often comical historical lesson with a prediction game that teaches youngsters about the fallibility of word-of-mouth talk.

Tell your child you want to work on kindergarten readiness skills and she's not likely to jump up and clap. But turn it into a game and it's a different story.

Improve your kindergartener's vocabulary with this fun, quick, and simple improvisation activity! He'll love acting while practicing directionality words.