Preschool - 1st Grade Group Games Activities : Page 2

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.

Your little preschool elf will develop some important fine motor skills while creating an entertaining game: Pin the Star on the Christmas Tree!

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

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

Celebrate your little one's move to big kid school by throwing a very special graduation party complete with friends, crafts, and lots of energetic fun.

In this activity your little one will throw a beanbag at a numbered target to help improve her number recognition skills.

This variation on the classic group game "Mother, May I?" can be played with one or more child and involves continual participation.

This circle game practices patterning and flexes your child's memory.

This copying game is like a hopped up version of Simon Says, but it lets kids use their bodies to practice patterning, a key skill in early math.

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

This hunting game is just as fun outdoors as it is inside. And while they'll never suspect they're learning, it helps kids develop listening skills, too!

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.

Does your child have trouble holding a pencil? Is writing an excruciating task? The key is to build up those hand muscles! This water relay race can help.

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

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

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!

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

Bring the classic game of "Red Rover" up to date with color and shape recognition skills for your child.

In this leap frog activity, your child will use her muscles to jump over her friends and onto lily pads as she practices number recognition.

This outdoor game will help your child practice observational skills and visual identification while working in some exercise, too!

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

Help your preschooler combine a lesson about numbers with a silly, snowy game of hopscotch.

With this "tightrope" game, your child will practice balancing skills and gain experience with the directions forward, backward, and sideways.

If you have a young child who loves physical stunts, try making these coffee-can stilts for backyard fun.

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

Do a little kitchen chemistry as you make your own bubble solution and bubble-wand shapes!

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

Healthy eating may sound dull to kids, but it doesn't have to be boring. Add a little pizzazz to snack time by holding a snack hunt!

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