5 Classic Games for Kids to Survive Social Distancing
Right now, we are all practicing social distancing and the kids are home missing their friends. No play dates, no recess time, no extra curricular activities – it is hard for them. Here are a 5 classic games for kids to survive social distancing with your friends when you can not get together. And I am not talking about traditional video gaming that you can join in and play together. I am talking about good old fashioned fun. Of course it goes without saying, that children should ask permission from their parents to video chat with friends.
What Am I Drawing?
Grab a piece of paper and a pen. Call up your friend on video chat. Start to draw a picture on your paper. Use your camera to show your friend what you are drawing. They have to guess what it is. Take turns.
Hangman
Just repeat the set up above but play hangman. Grab some paper and think of a word. Take turns guessing letters and drawing the hangman. Need to mix up hangman?
Learn to Draw Hangman – Let’s Hang Out
Let’s Hang Out – Learn to Draw Hangman is a digital download of 10 Hangman games with step by step drawing. Or try the step by step instructions to learn basic drawing skills. The packet includes step by step instructions to draw a doggy, kitty, monkey, cow, lion,butterfly, girl, boy, surfer and princess. This is also a great activity to give to teachers and parents.Play Hangman and learn how to draw at the same time!
This activity encourages:
- handwriting practice
- visual motor skills
- motor planning and body awareness
Download free sample pages from Let’s Hang Out.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE COMPLETE DOWNLOAD HERE.
Categories
We LOVE this game. Video chat with each other or a group of friends. Pick a category. Taking turns, how many words can you say based on the category? You can not repeat any other words that someone else says.
Here are some suggested topics:
- Pets
- Occupations
- Types of fish
- Things in a movie theater
- Things in a school
- Types of shoes
- Candy
- School subjects
- Things at a hospital
- Outdoor games
- Olympic sports
- Types of dance
- Ice cream flavors
- Cartoon characters
- Nursery rhymes
Want more Category Game fun? Check out Category Games to get started right away!
Fortune Telling MASH Game
Do you know how to play MASH? This is a game from the 80’s or maybe even earlier that kids have been playing for years! It is a fun, quick activity to predict your future with 100% accuracy (haha! not exactly but it is fun to test it out).
You can print out a FREE MASH game board at the end of the post here or draw it yourself on paper. Follow the steps here to learn how to play MASH.
Virtual Hide and Go Seek
Give your friend a video call on Facetime or another platform. Decide who will hide first. Hang up the video call and the person who is it, counts to 50. The other person hides somewhere in their house. The player who is it, video calls the friend. They have to guess what room in the house they are hiding in. The person who is hiding can give clues. My kids just played this for an hour running and hiding all over the house.
