4/8/2024 0 Comments Group games kindergarten![]() ![]() “Scrub the deck”, everyone drops to their hands and knees and scrubs the floor with an imaginary brush. “Captain’s coming”, calls for standing to attention and saluting. Some favourite instructions to include, “Climb the rigging”-queue running on the spot with arms climbing an imaginary rope. They can also be adapted to suit the space you have. Traditionally the actions are all related to ships and pirates but they can be adapted to any theme. This is a classic follow-the-leader style game where the leader calls out instructions that prompt the group to do certain actions as fast as they can or be caught out for being too slow or doing the wrong action. This game can be adjusted to a shorter period for younger children, but I’ve been surprised how well it works even with a Kindergarten group. You do need a clock or watch so you can tell when the time is up. Tell them they need to silently guess how long one minute is and sit down when they think it’s up. Ask everyone to stand up and put their hands behind their back. This is a great game for settling a group down. For example, “Would you rather grow wings and fly or be able to walk through walls?” Silly options are especially fun: “Would you rather have jelly legs or sausage arms?” The children are presented with a choice and move to one side of the room or the other to cast their vote. This can be played on the spur of the moment with options you’ve prepared or with options suggested by the children. Games to play when you’ve got (almost) nothing Here’s 17 quick and easy games that might be helpful to have up your sleeve for your kids church or SRE classes. ![]() Games are a great for several reasons: they allow laughing and having fun together-an important ingredient in building healthy, trusting relationships they’re an opportunity for leaders to model godly interactions with others and, they can also be a way to reinforce a truth from the Bible. Hearing a collective, “Yesssssssssss!” from children when you’ve introduced a game to the lesson brings a smile to every leader’s face. ![]()
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