Games for big kids

Homemade Multi-Purpose Cleaner

Bob Dog is on a mission to become a top fetcher with his coach, Penguin Referee! Go Fetch! With Bob Dog is a fun, claw machine-style game from Donkey Hodie where players use classification, flexible thinking, and visual discrimination to help Bob Dog sort the toys he wants and toss the ones he doesn't as fast as they can. Everyone will dig it! Hand games for kids (8) Snowy Winter Gross Motor Dice: For this game from 3 Dinosaurs there are two dice: 1 for winter-themed movements (think snow angel, skiing and shoveling) and 1 for speed (fast, slow and normal). A great active boredom buster for your next snow day!

Group games for kids

How to Play: This game is played with all the normal Hide and Seek rules, except the child who is “it” has to look for someone who shares their favorite thing. For example, they may announce that they’re searching for someone whose favorite holiday is Halloween. Then, when they finish the count down and go seeking, they have to ensure the kid they find fits the description. If they do, that child is the next “it” who has to search for a new kid who shares the “favorite thing” topic. Chair and Circle Games for Kids Groups – Gameslist The ultimate game for kids and adults to play together, Minecraft grows alongside the people who play it. With a five-year-old, you might make things together or play with TNT in creative mode; with a seven-year-old you might be fighting zombies and delving into mines together in survival. Minecraft has grown hugely in complexity over the years, but you can play it on whatever level you want. Once they get to about eight, your kid will definitely know much more about it than you. (PC, Xbox, PS4, mobile, Nintendo Switch)

Hand-Clap Games

Musical Letters: Make pieces of paper with big letters on them and spread them around the room. Play some music while they dance and then stop it and call out one of the letters. They have to immediately find the letter and sit down on it. If they pick the wrong one, have them do 15 jumping jacks (or whatever age appropriate movement you decide). Scale this activity to fit the level of your child – use colors, numbers or sight words to make it easier or harder. (Idea via Let Kids Be Kids) 8 great ways to encourage children to wash their hands more Running Through the Forest. Take the kids on an imaginary adventure in which they must run, skip and crawl in place. Pretend together that you are running through a forest. When you come upon a branch, duck. When you reach a log, jump. When you find a pond, get in and swim. When you meet a lion, run fast! Together create your imaginative adventure and get moving.