Kindergarten Playground Outdoor Games
Preschool outdoor games are children’s favorite activities. Making full use of outdoor venues to carry out a variety of games can effectively attract children’s attention, help children have calm and happy emotions, eliminate children’s fear, let children experience the joy of play, and relieve children’s anxiety about entering the park. This paper expounds on the causes of children’s separation anxiety when they are separated from their parents, analyzes how to use parent-child games and regional games to relieve children’s pressure, and studies the impact of outdoor playgrounds on children’s anxiety.
Here are some great outdoor games and activities for kindergarten children.
Hopscotch — Have children take turns tossing a small object into the numbered squares and hopping through. Helps build balance and counting skills.
Jump rope — Provide child-sized jump ropes for children to jump over while counting and singing rhymes. Great for motor skills and coordination.
Four squares — Designate a large square divided into four smaller squares for children to bounce playground balls back and forth. Helps with hand-eye coordination and problem-solving.
Basketball — Install child-sized basketball hoops and basketballs so children can shoot hoops and play informal games. Develops aiming and accuracy.
Soccer — Use child-sized soccer balls, cones or other items to make goals to play soccer. Helps build kicking and teamwork skills.
Bean bag toss — Provide cloth bean bags and buckets, hoops or boxes with targets for children to aim at and throw bean bags into. Develops throwing, aiming, and accuracy.
Bubbles — Blow bubbles and have children chase, pop and catch bubbles. Encourages hand-eye coordination, balance and enjoyment of simple pleasures.
Obstacle courses — Set up simple obstacle courses with things to hop over, crawl under, balance on and zig-zag around. Develops motor skills, strength and planning ability.
Scavenger hunts — Create scavenger hunt lists of natural items for children to search for like leaves, rocks, sticks, flowers, etc. Helps build observation skills and connection to surroundings.