Life Skills Game Guide - Playworks

Life Skills

Game Guide

Table of Contents

About This Game Guide | 5

Reinforcing Life Skills With Games | 6

Game Facilitation Tips | 8

Games | 12

Indexes | 211

Indexes

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?By Life Skills | 212

By Grade Level | 215

By Location (Indoor Games) | 219

By Time Available | 220

By Group Size | 222

Games

?All Tangled Up

12

Castle Ball

32

Alligator Swamp Trail

13

Cat and Mouse

34

Animal Farm

14

Catch and Drop

36

Animal Tag

16

Chair Game

37

Ants On A Log

17

Charades Relay

38

Arena Flag Tag

18

Circle of Flags

39

Around the World

19

Clap and Move

41

Back-to-Back Get Up

20

Clean Your Room

42

Ball Toss

21

Color Tag

43

Band Aid Tag

23

Colors

44

Bird's Nest

25

Concentration Ball

45

Blob Tag

26

Cone Conquest

46

Bob the Bunny

28

Continuous Relays

47

Bridge Ball

29

Cookie Jar

49

Bubbles

30

Crazy Kickball

50

C'mon In and Sit Down

31

Crooked Circle

52

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Cut the Cake

53

Key Punch

102

Dance Freeze

54

Kickball

103

Detective Frog

55

Knock Down

105

Dog Chases Its Tail

56

Knockout

106

Don't Get Caught with the Cookie

57

Knots On A Rope

108

Dragon Tail

58

Land, Sea, Air

109

Drop the Cookie!

59

Lava Game

111

Elbow Tag

60

Leapfrog

112

Farmers

61

Line of Silence

113

Find a Place

63

Magic Tag

114

Find Somebody Who

64

Maze Tag

116

Flag Fake Out

65

Mountains and Valleys

117

Four Corners

66

Movement Name Game

118

Four Square

68

Multi-Ball

119

Fox and Rabbit

70

My DVD Player

120

Freeze Tag

71

Mystery Creature

121

Frog Catcher

72

Name Touch

122

Fruit Basket

74

Night at the Museum

123

Gaga Ball

75

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish,

Giants, Wizards and Elves

76

Blue Fish

124

Going on a Picnic

78

Over Under

126

Grocery Store

79

Pacman Tag

127

Group Count

80

Partner Introductions

128

Grump's Island

81

Partner Tag

129

Heads or Tails

83

Pizza Delivery

130

Helicopter

84

Pony Express

131

Hi, My Name Is

85

Poop Deck

132

Home Run Tag

86

Pulse

133

Hop'n Freeze

87

Push Catch

135

House, Tree, Neighbor

88

Rainbow Racers

137

Hula Ball

89

Rainbow Run

139

Hula Hoop Challenge

91

Red Light, Green Light

141

Hungry Fox

92

Ro-Sham-Bo (Rock, Paper,

I Love My Neighbor

94

Scissors) Relay

I See, I See!

95

Ro-Sham-Bo (Rock, Paper,

If You Really Knew Me

96

Scissors) Rockstar

144

Indoor Hopscotch

97

Run If...

145

Invent a Game

98

Running Through the Forest

146

Journey Around the World

99

Sardines

148

Secret Agent

149

Jump the River

100

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Sequence Touch

150

Shadow, Shadow

152

Whistle Mixer

201

Shape Shifter

153

Who Stole the Cookies?

203

Sharks and Minnows

154

Wide Goal Soccer

204

Shipwreck

156

Wink-Ums

206

Simon Says

158

Wolves and Bunnies

207

Sleepy Bunny

159

X-Square

208

Snake

160

Zero, 1, 2, 3

210

Spark

161

Sports Clubs

162

Sprout Ball

163

SPUD

165

Steal the Bacon

166

Superstar

168

Switch

170

Tally Ho!

171

Telephone

172

Tetherball

173

The Maze Game

174

Three Lines Basketball

176

Three Lines Hockey

178

Three Lines Soccer

180

Tomato

182

Tornado

183

Toxic Waste Dump

184

Transformer

185

Triangle Tag

187

Ultimate Ball

188

Ultimate Kickball

189

Under-Over Kickball

191

Up, Down, Stop, Go

192

Volleyball

193

Wall Ball

195

Watch Out!

196

Watch Your Back Tag

197

Weather Vane

198

Where Are You?

200

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About This Game Guide

Games have always helped children practice the life skills they need to thrive. In this

game guide, the oldest game is more than 2,000 years old. The newest games,

invented at Playworks partner schools, are just a few years young.

The games in this guide can be played anywhere, but we have assembled them with

schools and youth-serving organizations in mind. In these settings, the challenge is not

just to introduce games kids will love, but also to ensure that dozens of children can

share space safely and with respect whether in a classroom, a gym, or outside.

Making playtime run smoothly often starts with game rules that prevent conflict and

unsafe behaviors, without making games any less fun. Shared norms for how to tag

safely, how to resolve small disagreements, and who can join in (everyone) also go a

long way. The games in this guide aim to keep as many kids playing as possible for as

long as possible. We have included some of our go-to facilitation tips below.

These games are indexed by the life skills they give kids the opportunity to practice.

The skills we chose are informed by both research in the field and the on-the-ground

impact we see at schools around the country.

Want more support for playtime at your school or organization? L

? et us know!

For more than 20 years, Playworks has helped schools and youth organizations

through on-site staffing, consultative support, staff training, and most recently, online

learning. We are a mission-driven nonprofit committed to the power of play, and we

would be honored to support your team as well.

Play on,

The Playworks Team

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