Group Games for Kids

Group games for kids aim at developing the qualities of co-operation, team spirit, hard work and leadership. When kids play in a group, they understand the importance of sacrificing their personal interests for the larger interests of the team or the group. They understand that the winning of their group is far more important than their individual performance. Here are some fun group games for kids, which include both, indoor group games for kids as well as the outdoor group games for kids.

Indoor Group Games for Kids

The Singing Game
This can be one of the best games for a group of kids who are interested in singing and music. This is one of the fun indoor group games for kids that requires the knowledge of the latest as well as the old songs. You can form two groups and have four or five kids in each group. One player from any one of the teams sings a song and a player from the other team has to sing a song starting from the last alphabet of the song. If the other team fails to sing the song, the first team member can try it. For every correct song, ten points are added to the score of the teams and for every failed attempt, three points are deducted. The team that has more points at the end wins the game.

The Storytelling Game
The story telling game has always been one of the most interesting, innovative and fun-filled group games for kids. Again, like the singing game, you will be required to form two groups of four or five kids. Both the groups are given various topics such as hobbies, nature, science, arts and literature, sports, business or politics and are asked to prepare a story or a speech on the topic. Once the topics are allotted, all the members of the groups jot down the points by discussing the facts among themselves. There will be a time limit of say one hour for both the teams. This means that they should be ready with their story or speech in an hour's time. One member of both the teams will read out the content and the judge will give away the prize to that team whose story was better. The player who reads out the story should be the one who has the best reading skills in that group as the way of presentation (reading) will also have points.

Outdoor Group Games for Kids

Playing Football
Football is definitely one of the best outdoor group games for kids. This game tests how good the coordination between the players is and their energy levels and reflexes. Form two teams of equal number of players and appoint one player as the captain who will instruct the players on the ground and implement various strategies to win the game. Have an experienced referee who will ensure that the rules and regulations of the game are being followed.

The Obstacle Running Race
This is one of those outdoor group games for kids which will again need two teams and a proper infrastructure with four obstacles in the running track. At every obstacle, one player of both the teams will stand and will start running ahead, the moment he gets a clap on his hand from the player starting the game. Now, this particular player has to run fast through the next obstacle and give a clap to his team member before the opponent player. This continues until all the obstacles are over and that group wins whose player reaches the ending line first.

The outdoor and indoor group games for kids can inculcate useful values in them which will prove to be valuable in their later lives. These games will also expand the social circle of kids by helping them make more friends.