[Elementary School] Indoor Games and Recreational Activities Recommended for Upper Primary Grades

Number Jump

[Let’s Play! Indoor Games] Even mistakes are fun! Number Jump!!

Let’s play using both our heads and our bodies! Here’s an idea for a game called Number Jump.

Kids tend to get more excited by games that are a bit challenging rather than too easy.

How about trying Number Jump, a game that engages both the mind and the body? It’s best to start with five or more people and go over the rules slowly as you begin.

First, each person jumps one at a time while saying “1.” After the last person has jumped, switch to jumping in pairs while saying “2.” In this way, the number of people jumping at once increases, so it’s a game that requires concentration.

Give it a try!

Drawing Telephone Game

[Descent/Appearance] When we played a drawing telephone game, a genius painter appeared among the members! lol

Speaking of the telephone game, it’s that fun game where you whisper a preset phrase to the next person in line, and if it reaches the last person correctly, it’s a success—but usually it changes into different words along the way, which is the fun part! This drawing telephone game is a version where you pass things along with drawings instead of whispers.

The first person draws a picture based on the given prompt.

Then the second person looks at the first person’s drawing and draws their own version of it… and so on! Drawing is often harder to convey than whispering, so the original prompt might drift further and further away.

At the end, everyone says what they thought they were drawing, which makes it even more exciting!

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

Hane Keisuke

Report a problem

Centipede ball relay

Caterpillar ball handoff in catching

This is “centipede ball passing,” where everyone lines up in a single file and passes the ball backward.

But instead of passing it normally, you alternate: one person passes the ball through their legs, the next person passes it over their head—so the ball moves in an up, down, up sequence.

After passing the ball, that person runs to the back of the line and waits for the ball to come again.

You can time how many seconds it takes to reach the goal, or make it a team competition.

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

utatane

Report a problem

Ball games you can play alone

[Indoors OK] Solo Ball Games: 5 Recommended Picks Even Toddlers Can Do

Here are five ball games you can play by yourself! First: kick the ball yourself, run, and pass it through your legs.

You’ll use your head, too, as you think about how hard to kick.

Second: toss the ball up and pass it through your arms—moving your body is the key.

Third: balance one ball on top of another and keep it still.

Fourth: hold the ball above your head, bend your body backward, pass it through your legs, and catch it—great for flexibility.

Finally, a game using a hula hoop: while the hoop is spinning, move the ball.

You don’t need to throw or kick hard to have fun with any of these, so give them a try!

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

kepiko

Report a problem

Newspaper Rock-Paper-Scissors

We tried a newspaper rock-paper-scissors showdown and it was super exciting!! ♡Requested project♡ In the newspaper rock-paper-scissors! [#800]

This is “newspaper rock-paper-scissors,” where you use a sheet of newspaper as your territory.

Each player lays down one sheet of newspaper and stands on it.

Then you play rock-paper-scissors.

The loser folds their newspaper in half.

As you keep losing, you keep folding it in half again and again, so your territory gets narrower and narrower.

You can keep playing as long as you can still stand on it, but once you can’t stand on it anymore, you’re out.

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

utatane

Report a problem

Let’s go hunting for wild animals.

Game: 'Let's Go Hunt Wild Beasts' with Lyrics

The game best suited for large-group recreation is “Let’s Go Hunt Wild Beasts.” The children imitate the teacher’s movements and call out together.

Then they form groups with friends matching the number of letters in the name of the last animal the teacher said.

This activity tests quick counting skills and proactiveness, and it may help kids become friendly with classmates they haven’t talked to before.

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

kinoshita ayaka

Report a problem

Alarm bomb + Japanese/Western/Chinese (cuisines)

Alarm Bomb + Japanese/Western/Chinese from “Latest and Most Fun Recreation Games”

Clapping along to the beat, you say either Japanese, Western, or Chinese.

The next person then has to name a dish: Japanese cuisine if it was Japanese, Western cuisine if it was Western, or Chinese cuisine if it was Chinese, and then give the prompt to the next person, and so on.

Meanwhile, there’s an alarm bomb in hand.

You hold a smartphone with an alarm set, and after answering, you pass it to the next person.

The person for whom the alarm goes off while they are answering loses.

expand_lessRaise the rankingexpand_morelower

utatane

Report a problem