Classroom games and brain breaks

Games that fit between desks and settle a room down. Quick brain breaks and quieter games for teachers, no kit and no clearing the furniture.

Aankh Micholi

4-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Ail Ger (Building the Home)

1-6 players · Ages 3-8 · Outdoors

Akkad Bakkad

2-10 players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Ampe

2-20 players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Animal Muk

4+ players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Antoakyire

6-20 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Bee Baw Babbity

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Bit Mat Bat De

5-15 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Blind Hen

5+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blind Man and the Lame Man

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blind Man's Buff

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blind Midwife

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Blindfolded Tag

4+ players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

Bro Bro Brille

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Outdoors

Brown Girl in the Ring

6+ players · Ages 4-11 · Anywhere

Cabra Cega

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Cham Cham Cham

2 players · Ages 5-99 · Anywhere

Chhupamari

4-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Chidiya Udd

3-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Chinese Whispers

5+ players · Ages 5+ · Anywhere

Cublak-Cublak Suweng

4-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Dembee

3+ players · Ages 6-99 · Anywhere

Der Plumpsack geht um

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

Dong Dong Dongdaemun

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Down by the Banks

4+ players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Drip Drip Drop

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Drop the Cap

7-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Duck, Duck, Goose

5+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Escravos de Jó

5+ players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Farmer in the Dell

8+ players · Ages 3-7 · Anywhere

Five Stones

2-4 players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Flower or Empty

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Anywhere

Follow the Leader

3+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Four Corners

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Fruit Salad

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Gonggi

1-4 players · Ages 5-13 · Anywhere

Heads Down Thumbs Up

7+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Heads Up, Seven Up

8+ players · Ages 5-11 · Indoors

Hei Tama Tu Tama

2 players · Ages 6-16 · Anywhere

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

3+ players · Ages 2-6 · Anywhere

Hide and Seek

3+ players · Ages 3+ · Anywhere

Hipitoi

2 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Hot and Cold

4+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Hot Hands

2 players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

I Sell Oil I Sell Honey

6-15 players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

If You Are Born In

6-20 players · Ages 5-14 · Anywhere

In and Out the Dusty Bluebells

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

In the River, On the Bank

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Indikatu Keliya

4-12 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Intu Mintu

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Jacques a dit

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Jane and Louisa

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Ka Fak Khai

5-12 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Kagome Kagome

5+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Karavai

5+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Keeper of the Keys

5+ players · Ages 6+ · Anywhere

Khamsa Hjira

1-4 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Kijembe

2 players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Leapfrog

2+ players · Ages 5-10 · Anywhere

London Bridge is Falling Down

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Lukochuri

5-15 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Mbube Mbube

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Menya Kwan Mansen

6-20 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Miss Mary Mack

2 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Mosca Cieca

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Musical Statues

4+ players · Ages 3-10 · Anywhere

Nu Na Nu Nong

4-12 players · Ages 3-9 · Anywhere

Nyama Nyama Nyama

4-20 players · Ages 5-10 · Anywhere

Oranges and Lemons

6+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Poor Jenny Sits A-Weeping

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

Posham Pa

5-20 players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Raja Mantri Chor Sipahi

4 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Rice Pudding

6+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

Ring a Ring o' Roses

3+ players · Ages 3-8 · Anywhere

Ring Around the Rosie

3+ players · Ages 2-7 · Anywhere

Ring in the Hands

10+ players · Ages 8+ · Anywhere

Rooster Fight (Kazakh)

2+ players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Rucheyok

7+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Run Run the Guaraca

6+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Sardines

5+ players · Ages 6+ · Anywhere

Seesaw Jump Game (Inch by Inch)

4-10 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Shoulder Hip Dodge

2 players · Ages 7-16 · Anywhere

Simon Says

3+ players · Ages 4-12 · Anywhere

Six Pillars Swing Song

6+ players · Ages 8-16 · Outdoors

Sleeping Lions

4+ players · Ages 3-10 · Anywhere

Squeak Piggy Squeak

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Statue Game

3+ players · Ages 4-10 · Outdoors

Strega Comanda Colore

4+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

Suwe

2-6 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Ten-Ten

2 players · Ages 6-14 · Outdoors

Tervapata

5+ players · Ages 5-10 · Outdoors

The Farmer's in His Den

8+ players · Ages 4-9 · Anywhere

The Floor Is Lava

2+ players · Ages 4-10 · Anywhere

The Statue Keeper

4+ players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Tinko Tinko

2 players · Ages 6-14 · Anywhere

Toryanse

5+ players · Ages 3-10 · Anywhere

Upokotiti

4-10 players · Ages 5-12 · Anywhere

Vasilias

4+ players · Ages 6-12 · Anywhere

Waayin

2-8 players · Ages 5-14 · Outdoors

Wax Museum

4+ players · Ages 5-11 · Anywhere

Weaving the Flower Basket

3-8 players · Ages 5-12 · Outdoors

Weme

2-4 players · Ages 6-12 · Outdoors

Wink Murder

6+ players · Ages 7-14 · Anywhere