Physical Games
This collection of games includes games that involve physical movement. The games are great for physical education because they involve exercise.
- Fox and Geese
One of the players, is called the Fox, and goes to one end of the room. The rest of the children arrange themselves in single file, one behind the other, the tallest first and the smallest last.The first one is called Mother Goose. The game begins by a conversation between the Fox and Mother Goose. "What are you doing this fine morning?" says she.
"Taking a walk," the Fox answers.
"What for?"
"To get an appetite for breakfast."
"What will you have for breakfast?"
"A nice fat goose."
- Flowers
The group divides themselves into two equal sides, and each side must have a "home" in opposite areas of the room.The sides go to their own "homes," and one side secretly chooses a flower, then goes over to the other corner and gives the first letter of that flower. The children on the second side try to guess the name of the flower.
- London Bridge
Favorite childhood rhyme is used to play a game of tug of war. London bridge is fallen down,
Fallen down, fallen down ;
London bridge is fallen down,
My fair lady. - Christmas Party Games - Candy Kisses
Everyone enjoys Hershey's kisses at Christmas. Divide your group into two teams and have two bowls of Hershey's kisses at the other end of the room.
Give each team one set of over-sized mittens or gloves. The first person in line runs to the bowl of kisses, and has to unwrap the kiss while wearing the over-sized mittens/gloves and pop the kiss into their mouth.
- Halloween Party Games - Mummy Wrap
Kids of all ages enjoy making mummies out of themselves and their friends. Here's how this works. You bring in toilet paper, lots and lots of toilet paper. Divide the kids into teams of 2. When you begin timing the kids, they must wrap their friend up in the toilet paper, mummy style. The first team who is all wrapped wins.
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- Halloween Party Games - Pumpkin Bowling
If you ask children what their favorite holiday is, the most likely response from most children will be Christmas, with Halloween coming in a close second. Some children will choose Halloween as their first favorite. But this holiday, with all its goblins and ghouls, likely makes the top two favorite holidays on most children's lists. - Frog in the Middle
One player is seated on the ground with his legs under him, while the other players form a circle around them.They then pull at him and give him little pushes, and he must try to catch one of them without rising from the floor.
