It’s raining in California. It’s been raining for days. It will continue raining for more days. As a result, the students have been cooped up inside for recess and lunch since last week. All this wet weather prompted me to write down some of the games we play for indoor recess, or just for a break in the classroom. These are the favorites that have endured over several years of teaching, and a few hundred students.
Eraser Racer is a tag game where students race-walk to their desks with erasers on their heads.
Doggy, Doggy, Where’s Your Bone is a game of deduction that involves the entire class.
Alibi was invented as a way to understand the vocabulary word alibi as well as to teach listening skills. A crime is committed, everyone has an alibi, and the detective must decide who is lying.
Four Corners is an old standard where students move around the room to different corners, and another person tries to guess where they are standing. The last person standing wins.
We also like to play Sparkle for math and spelling. Buzz is another name for the same game.
Do you have any favorite games to play for rainy day recess?
in my class we play a game called leech. one person is it and has to lay on ther back and try to tag people who run on the desks. not verry safe,but our teacher made it up for us since there are so many rainy days at our school.
Oh my, that does sound dangerous?