[For Elementary School Students] A Collection of Games and Activities You Can Enjoy on Zoom
These days, even elementary schools have online classes, and there are many more chances to play online games remotely.
Since kids can play with friends and people far away while staying at home, it’s easy for them to have fun.
In this article, we’ve put together a list of Zoom-friendly games for elementary school students.
We’ll introduce activities adapted from in-person games to remote formats, as well as games unique to Zoom.
Use these ideas to help kids bond with friends or communicate with people who live far away.
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[For Elementary School Students] A Collection of Games and Activities You Can Enjoy on Zoom (21–30)
One Night Werewolf
A simplified version of the Werewolf game that you can play over Zoom: One Night Werewolf.
It’s a team battle split into two sides: Villagers and Werewolves.
Each player has a role; the Werewolf team consists of Werewolves and the Madman (Minion), and everyone else is on the Villager team.
Each player is assigned a role, and you play so that your role’s team wins.
Through discussion, the Werewolves and Villagers try to identify who the Werewolves are.
Since it’s a psychological game, the Werewolf team will skillfully lie, saying things like “I’m not a werewolf.” Whether the Villagers can see through those lies and behaviors decides the outcome.
At the end, everyone votes on who they think is a Werewolf.
If the person with the most votes is a Werewolf, the Villagers win; if the most votes go to someone who isn’t a Werewolf, the Werewolves win!
I’ll look for it and bring it!
Bring something from your home to the screen: “Let’s Search and Bring It!” It’s a Zoom game that’s perfect for at-home time.
First, choose one person to be the host.
The host tells everyone what item to bring.
For example: “Please find something round in your house and bring it.” That’s the prompt.
The participants then search for a round object in their home.
Setting a time limit—like “Bring it within 15 seconds”—makes it even more exciting and fun.
Compete to see who’s the fastest and get the energy up!
whole deer
Do you know the action song game “Holl di di, ya”? It’s a game where you react and have fun while singing the “Holl di di, ya” song, and the number of moves you have to do keeps increasing—that’s the fun part.
The “Holl di di, ya” song is an Austrian folk tune.
It feels great when everyone’s movements are in sync.
Even when people are out of sync, everyone tries hard to match up, and the chaos is fun, too.
Because you really focus, you get so absorbed that time flies by.
I especially recommend it for lower-grade elementary school students.
Spot the differences
This is a spot-the-difference game that uses Zoom’s camera to compare two pictures and find what’s changed.
After participants watch the host’s screen for a while, the host stops the video; when the video resumes, players think about what has changed.
The key points are how well you remember the scene before the video stopped and how closely you can focus on small details when it restarts.
Since the video is stopped, it’s exciting that changes can be made not only to the background but also to the person themselves.
If it takes too long, people will realize it’s something elaborate, so aim to make the changes smoothly.
Bamboo Shoot Gnocchi
“Takenoko Nyokki” is a game that became popular on the TV show Nep League.
When you’re spending lots of time at home, it’s easy to run out of fun things to do and feel stressed, but this game doesn’t require any props or a specific place, so it’s a great option that even elementary school kids can enjoy over Zoom.
The rule is: if two people say “nyokki” at the same time, they’re out.
The maximum number of “nyokki” depends on the number of players.
For example, with six players, you can only go up to “six nyokki.” If you manage to say “nyokki” without overlapping with anyone else until the end, you clear the game.
The sudden, unexpected moments are thrilling and often lead to big laughs.
Give it a try!
Rhythm Gesture
A mind-and-body game called “Rhythm Gesture.” First, choose one person to be the quiz master.
The quiz master draws simple English words as pictures on paper—for example, pig, sun, and house.
Then everyone sings these English words to an original rhythm, but the quiz master only says two of the three words.
So the respondents have to say the missing word—and not just say it, but also express it with a gesture.
If they successfully do this three times, they clear the game.
It’s fun even with a large group, and since everyone’s gestures are different, it’s sure to be very entertaining.
Give it a try!
Whac-A-Mole
Turn boring time at home into fun time with “Whack-a-Mole” using Zoom.
It might seem hard without being in person, but it’s actually easy on Zoom—and it’s super fun because you get to move your body.
First, choose one person to be the whacker.
Everyone else becomes the moles.
The players acting as moles wait just out of view below their camera frame.
When the game starts, they pop their faces up into the frame like moles.
The whacker calls out the name of the mole who appears on screen and “whacks” them.
The whacked mole says “Ouch!” and hides below the screen again.
Repeat this.
For extra laughs, have a puppet or doll pop up as a surprise mole every now and then.
Give it a try!