Games on Junior's Book

Call Ball: Summer Outside Games: The players stand in a circle with one child in the center.
[5/12/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Call Ball, Players in Circle, One Child in Center, Toss Ball High above Head, Call Name of Child in Circle, Catch Ball, Throw Ball up in Air
Potato Race: Summer Outside Games: Have the children walk holding a spoon with a potato in it.
[5/12/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Potato Race, Relay Teams, Children Walk holding Spoon with Potato, Continue Race, Clean up Kids
Circle Tag: Summer Outside Games: The first child caught in the circle by being tagged is “it.”
[5/12/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Summer Outside Games, Circle Tag, Circles Diameter, Asphalt or Cement, Guarding Circle, Outside Players, Child in Circle
Red Light: Summer Outside Games: The player who is “it” stands at a goal line.
[5/12/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Summer Outside Games, Red Light, Players, Starting Line, Stop and Call Out, Return to Starting Line, Goal Line
Animal Crackers: Summer Outside Games: This is a fun game for increasing imaginations.
[5/12/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Animal Crackers, Fun Game, Increasing Imaginations, Stalk over Sidewalk, Kitchen Tiles or Patterns, Schoolroom Floor, Trapped by Cracks
Hot Potato: Summer Outside Games: With one child in the center of a circle of players, a large ball is passed around.
[5/11/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Summer Outside Games, Circle of Players, Large Ball, Hot Potato, Dropped Ball
Off to the Races: Divide the children into teams (or simply a pair of children may play) and assign each team a different car.
[5/11/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Off to Races, Large Number Line, Cardboard, Toy Cars, Number Box or Spinner, Children in Teams
Stop and Go Cards: This activity may be introduced simultaneously with a safety lesson on the meaning of the red or “stop” color and the green or “go” color.
[5/11/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Numeral cards, Green Dots and Red Dots, Numeral Begins and Ends, Red Color and Green Color, Trace Numeral with Crayon
Beads on a String: This can be done individually or it may be done in pairs, with children checking each others finished cards.
[5/11/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Beads on a String, Set of Cards, Colored Dots or Squares, Wooden Kindergarten Beads, Macaroni Beads, Shoestring
Hopscotch: The game is continued until the marker has been thrown on each numbered section.
[5/11/2011]
CATEGORY: Games
TAGS: Hopscotch, Painted Hopscotch Court, Individual Game, Small Bean Bag, Starting Zone, Numbered Section