One might think that a jump rope is a solo sport or active activity for kids. It probably makes sense to start small with just two kids. And if there are many kids, then you can try competition, and score each pair of kids on how many successful jumps they land, or how long they can last without getting tangled up. The famous human knot game is often tried with adults in co-working environments, but it is actually quite a fun and useful kids team building game and activity.
Basically, have a group of kids sit together in a circle, ideally a minimum of kids. Have each kid randomly grab lightly! This is a really fun game which borders on strategy and chaos. Obviously it is important to warn the kids to play this game slowly and gingerly, so that no one gets hurt. In some cases, it might be preferred to allow kids to release a wrist in order to properly untangle themselves. This is a great team building game for kids because it forces kids to work together toward a solution that everyone is aiming toward.
To make this kids game even more of a team building activity, you can instruct the kids that they cannot speak — thereby forcing them to strategize with body language, which likely increase the team chemistry that the game sets out to teach. And if there are enough kids, then they can be broken up into two separate teams. And the team that completes the Traffic Lights challenge first, by getting all kids to their side first, wins! The team building aspect here is that the traffic light representative is on the other team, and the kids trying to race across the room are not racing against each-other, but rather collectively, in order to beat the other team of racers.
This way instead of competing with each-other, they must collectively defeat the traffic light, and the other team. This is a really easy activity game to set up, but really hard for kids to solve! Each kid gets a colored dot, which is then lightly taped onto their forehead. Each kid must then figure out what color dot is on their forehead, but obviously without asking any other kids for help. I used it for VBS and the kids loved it!
It was so fun to see them work together and think. The 1st graders did better than the 4th graders, too many chiefs in the older group. Haha — perfect. Go to home depot or Lowes and by a few 2x4s and have them cut it into smaller pieces and use those. Ben have you ever used Cross the River as a Field Day station? I was thinking Of playing it with my 2nd-3rd grades. My field day stations are 15 min.
Do you think we could play 2 levels in that time? Just wanted your opinion. Yep — we use cross the river for Field Day every year with K-5th, our stations are 7 minutes each, but I think 15 would work as well if you had the different levels. I play this game using floatation devices pinnies, poly spots instead of rocks. Students must ALWAYS be touching with some body part the floatation device or it will float away and the team will have one less device to get across with.
I like how you added levels. Thanks for sharing! I did this today with third and fourth graders. They really enjoyed it. I had a number of students ask me after class when we could do this again.
Ben Landers for the win! Your email address will not be published. Feel free to play some Jaws -themed music too! Another team building activity that I have done is called Buddy Walking. Everyone will have a good laugh; and, to be quite honest, being able to laugh together is another great way to bond!
I liked to use the Team Walker Sets from Gopher for this activity. The idea is to get students to think, communicate, and walk as a group from Point A to Point B.
Some students will take charge and lead their group in a cadenced march, while others will struggle to work together. Again, this is why debriefing is crucial! It will allow students to hear success stories!
Geocaching or treasure hunting is an activity that can be done in small groups or as a whole class and can be a tremendous amount of fun! You are in control of how complex you would like to make this adventurous lesson. The units range in cost and complexity, so pick what you feel comfortable using and teaching! I have done this as a search-and-rescue mission utilizing clues that they must follow to get to a specific destination.
Along the way as they get to each clue, I like to add different exercises that they must complete as a group before moving onto the next clue. A word of caution, this is not the best thing to do within the halls of your school, it can be a little loud! Shop Geocaching supplies. My last suggestion, and I still use this at the high school level, is a counting game. I call it team counting, and I would say this is better for your upper elementary students.
There is no equipment necessary and you can use it inside or outside! If you have a class of 20 students, the idea is for the class to count from 1 to 20, but each student is allowed to call out only one number. Depending on the class, this task can be done quickly or it may take them 10 minutes or they may never get it. The hint I use is that once a student has secured a number that they called out, they should always be the person to call that number.
Again, debriefing with your class at the end is crucial, because you can talk about different strategies and how they as a class worked together to solve a tricky problem. I know the thought is to use team building activities for students at the beginning of the year and I agree it is important, but I would al o gauge your classes throughout the year.
I know when I taught elementary school PE, there were times in the year when I pulled these back out because I felt it was necessary to get everyone back together. This is especially true as they get older because hormones kick in, friendships form, and sometimes you can tell classes are excluding some kids.
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