18 GAMES FOR PRESCHOOL KIDS (FUN) - ECONOMÍA - 2025

I leave you a list of games and dynamics for preschool children that you can use both in the classroom and outside of it. They are intended to improve understanding of concepts, improve social skills, have fun, among other skills.

Games are a good way to teach children and have fun. In fact, learning doesn't have to be boring, it should be fun for children to take a liking to. If the classes and learning at home are boring there is a risk that the child will dislike learning.

In addition, it not only helps them learn knowledge and concepts, but also to form identity and self-esteem, as well as to reinforce social and communication skills. You may also be interested in these dynamics of self-esteem or you are working in a team.

List of dynamics / games for preschool children

1. Antón, Antón lollipop

Objective: To know the different trades that exist.

Material: None.

Procedure: This game must be played with more than four children. Once they have sat in a circle, they have to choose a profession that can be proposed both by them and by the teachers.

When everyone has chosen their profession, they have to place their hands on their chests and sing the song of this game: «Antón, Antón, Antón Perulero, each one who attends their game and whoever does not attend will pay will pay one garment".

A child chosen at random by the teacher, has to start, while the others sing the song to imitate the gestures of the profession that he has previously chosen. Children who identify the profession must imitate it, if they do not, they have to pay for a garment.

When there is more than one item in storage, tests can be carried out for the children to retrieve it. Like for example, running or jumping to the beat of a song.

2. Who are you?

Objective: Recognize the partner.

Material: Handkerchiefs to cover colored eyes.

Procedure: This game is ideal when you have a class of 20 or more children. First, we divide the children into pairs, they have to examine their faces and then one of them blindfolds himself and has to discover his partner among the rest of the class only with the sense of touch.

Rules: You cannot give your partner clues by talking or yelling.

3. Blind chicken

Objective: Have fun playing with classmates.

Material: a bandage or handkerchief.

Procedure: One of the children has to blindfold a handkerchief. Once it has been placed, it has to turn on itself with the help of the other companions so that it does not know where the rest have hidden.

When he has finished making the relevant turns, he has to look for his companions while they dance around him and touch or call him, always trying not to catch them. In the event that the blindfolded player manages to catch a teammate, he must identify him through the sense of touch. If you do, the roles are swapped.

Rules: You can not remove or lift the handkerchief.

4. Catch the ball

Objective: Learn to discriminate visually.

Material: both large and small balls.

Procedure: All children are distributed indistinctly by the place where the activity is taking place. Next, the teacher has to start yelling big or small balls and they have to run to catch them.

The child who fails to catch the ball that the teacher named a priori, is eliminated.

Tip: The teacher has to prepare the place beforehand so that not all the balls are together nor is there one for each child, both large and small.

5. Handkerchief game

Objective: Have fun.

Material: colored scarves.

Procedure: First, the children have to be divided into two groups. All the players of one of them will have to carry a handkerchief in their pants pocket that will remain a little in the air.

The other group has to try to take all the handkerchiefs from all the group members who have handkerchiefs. If a child manages to take it away from another, this is eliminated, so that in the end only players from the group that remove the handkerchiefs are left.

6. We are blind!

Objective: Work on spatial organization.

Material: Hoops, balls, cones and bandanas to blindfold.

Procedure: We place the children in pairs, one of them will be placed inside a hoop blindfolded, while the other has to help him pass through the obstacle course without leaving the hoop and without falling or tripping.

The obstacle course will consist of jumping into other rings that are placed on the ground, making a zigzag path without falling the cones that we have placed a priori and finally catch a ball and try to score it.

Rules: Children inside the hoop cannot get out or remove the blindfold. On the other hand, the partner who guides them cannot separate and must hold the partner's ring at all times.

Tips: The teacher has to make two rows, so that there are only four couples doing the activity, when they finish they will be allowed to start the next ones. The couple that takes less time to complete the tour wins.

7. Time to sleep!

Objective: Work the breath.

Material: None.

Procedure: Children should lie on the floor with their eyes closed and their arms placed next to the trunk. They have to pretend that they are asleep, so the noises we make when we are doing this activity are allowed.

Next, we begin to carry out the breathing exercise that consists of inhaling and exhaling slowly following the instructions of the teachers and to the rhythm of relaxing music. Finally, the activity is finished by stretching and stretching all the muscles of the body.

Rules: None.

Tips: This activity is recommended for children to rest after doing different exercises. If anyone falls asleep, we can leave it. The teacher should indicate the breathing exercises with a soft voice. It can be accompanied by making gentle movements with the legs and arms.

8. We are Sumo wrestlers!

Objective: work on spatial organization with your partner.

Material: None.

Procedure: the children have to be placed in pairs of two and then we have to explain to them that they should be placed with their backs turned and with their arms intertwined.

The game consists in that when the teacher gives the signal, both have to try to touch the ground with all their might, for this they have to agree and not try to do it each on their own.

The players who hit the ground first are the ones who win. They will try to help those who have not yet succeeded.

Tips: The teacher has to encourage the students and divide the children into pairs that have equal strength, in order to prevent them from hurting each other.

9. We dance with a potato

Objective: Stimulate coordination.

Material: a potato of any size.

Procedure: Once we have divided the children into pairs, they are given a potato that they have to place on their foreheads and hold it between them. On the other hand, the arms have to be placed behind the back while dancing to the rhythm of the music.

The couple that manages to finish the song without dropping the potato wins the game. If they drop it before it's over, it will be eliminated.

Tip: The teacher has to prevent the boys from holding the potato or touching it with their hands in order to avoid cheating. In addition, he has to control the song and shout the movements that the couples have to do to the rhythm of the music.

10. The guide

Objective: to develop teamwork.

Material: bandages and soft foam or derived balls.

Procedure: we divide the children into pairs, one of them is blindfolded. The game is that those who are blindfolded, have to throw the ball to each other to be eliminated. This will happen if the blindfolded one is hit by a ball twice.

Children who do not have their eyes covered have to guide those who do have it by the arm and prevent their partner from being hit by a ball at all costs. The pair that is not eliminated wins.

Tips: For this activity to be carried out safely, the teacher has to explain to the guides how the best way to guide the partner is. Noting that you do not have to pull the arm, but indicate where they should go with patience and without shouting too much.

11. Where are the missing objects?

Objective: to stimulate teamwork.

Material: class objects such as pencils, erasers, glasses…

Procedure: the teacher has to hide a series of objects around the class. Next, he has to make a list on the board with the objects that he has previously hidden.

The activity consists of the children having to find the objects in a limited time in groups of 3 or 4 people. This activity can also be done at recess.

Tips: if it is played at recess or in an open place, the teacher or the person in charge has to properly establish the limits of the environment. On the other hand, clues can also be given as to where the objects may be located.

12. Someone like me

Goals:

1. Favor the integration of group members.
2. Promote an environment in which people get to know each other better.
3. Meet colleagues with tastes similar to your own.

Time needed: about 30 minutes.

Place: large space in which participants can move freely.

Materials needed: paper and pen for each participant.

Steps to follow:

1. This dynamic can be used in the first moments of a group, so that people will have time to get to know each other.
2. The facilitator asks them to write down a series of data on a piece of paper. As they can be, for example: Initial of the first surname, profession, last concert you have attended, favorite chocolate brand, etc. These questions are tailored based on the age and interests of the group members.
3. They are allowed a few minutes for each one to answer individually.
4. Next, they should look for colleagues who have answered the same or similarly to the items. They cannot repeat a partner in different items. It's about talking to the more people the better.
5. After the set time has passed, the answers will be checked. If the group size is small, they will do it one by one and if not, the activity leader will ask them at random.

13. The houses

The large group is divided into small groups, numbering them from 1 to 5 (depending on the number of people that make it up). They are asked to draw a house, on a sheet of paper (per group) using colors, and they are asked to distribute the information that is going to be asked in the following parts: