[Elementary School] Indoor Games and Recreational Activities Recommended for Upper Primary Grades
There are lots of elementary school children who love the internet and online games, right?
Of course, they can build relationships and develop various skills through them, but many parents and educators probably feel, “I’d like them to play something other than games a bit more.”
Kids can learn a lot from new experiences, so we hope they’ll try a variety of activities.
In this article, we’ll introduce fun games and recreational activities suited for upper elementary grades!
All of them can be played indoors, so they’re perfect for days when you can’t go outside!
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A fun party that kids can get absorbed in and enjoy.
These parties are often held in the classroom.
Team-based games that everyone can join in really liven things up.
We’ve collected ideas for activities like a game where one team calls out and the other team closes their eyes and guesses who made the sound, or a game where you use chopsticks to move as many plastic bottle caps as possible to the next plate.
Through these recreational activities, the class will grow closer and make great memories.
Please use these ideas as a reference and have a wonderful time.
Clap-Clap Game
Let me introduce the Clap-Clap Game that always gets the class excited.
The rules are simple: the leader moves both hands, and the participants watch the leader’s movements and clap their hands exactly when the leader’s hands overlap.
It’s a game where you enjoy clapping in sync with the timing.
Carefully observe the leader’s movements and match your timing.
It’s also important for the leader to be creative with their motions to make the game more exciting.
Even if someone claps at the wrong time, it turns into laughter and makes the game even more fun.
Elementary School: Indoor Games and Recreation Activities Recommended for Middle Grades (31–40)
Pyramid Rock-Paper-Scissors
Perfect for class or grade-level activities! Here’s a fun idea for Pyramid Rock-Paper-Scissors.
Rock-Paper-Scissors is a simple, classic game that always gets everyone excited, and with a few tweaks, it becomes even more engaging for kids! After splitting into Defense and Offense teams, the Defense team stands on the lines drawn in a pyramid shape.
The Offense team aims to defeat the King by playing rock-paper-scissors against the Defense team and advancing with each win.
A key rule for the Offense team: if you lose a round, you must return to the starting point!
Dice Cone Relay
Roll a big die, run to the cone that corresponds to the number you rolled and back, then pass the die to the next person.
The die acts as a baton, so after you roll it, pick it up and then start running.
If you roll a large number, you run a longer distance; if you roll a small number, you run a shorter distance—so hope for a small number! The team whose last runner finishes first wins.
Epicenter Game
Everyone sits in a circle and does the same movements, but in fact there’s a leader among them, and everyone is copying that person.
The goal of this “Epicenter Game” is to guess who that leader—the “epicenter”—is.
The person chosen as ‘it’ steps into the circle and has to identify the epicenter.
The key is to spot the moment when the movement changes, but the more people there are, the higher the difficulty.
Balance game
Let’s try a “balance game” using a balance disc.
A balance disc is a rubber disc about 30 centimeters in diameter, and when you stand on it, it’s unstable and wobbly.
It’s used as a tool to train your core by mastering that instability.
Try striking various poses on the balance disc.
If you fall off the balance disc or touch the floor with your foot, you’re out.
Look that way—Hoi!
It’s “Acchi Muite Hoi!”, a classic game that almost everyone has played.
First you play rock-paper-scissors; the winner, on the cue “Acchi muite hoi!”, points their finger in one of four directions: up, down, right, or left.
The loser turns their face in a direction, and if they end up facing the same direction as the finger, they lose; if it’s different, they’re safe and the game continues.
A three-person version sounds complicated, doesn’t it? (lol)