Here are a few tech-free indoor recess ideas. Most of these activities require just a sheet of paper and pencil.
1. Draw or write with your opposite hand. Right handers try to draw with your left hand and vice versa.
2. Try drawing something you’ve never drawn before.
3. Draw or write with your eyes closed.
4. Play golf on paper. Have a hole and a tee off on a piece of paper. Close your eyes and try to get close to the hole, etc. For two or more players, students can use different colors of markers on the same paper and keep track of the scores as well. If you’d like to reuse the paper over and over, a button or coin could also be used for the “ball”.
5. Take turns acting out different sports to get the kids moving. Act out kicking a soccer ball, shooting a basketball, etc.
All of these prompts work great laminated to use over and over. These are also great activities for times when you’re waiting yourself or with kids, such as the doctors office or a restaurant.
Click below if you’d like to check out the printable versions of these activities, available for sale in my TPT store:
~ Carrie
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These are such simple but great ideas! Wish I’d thought of some when my kids were little. Thanks so much for sharing these at the #LMMLinkup! Blessings to you!
Thanks Gayl,
Nice to see you hosting LMM again!
Carrie
Great ideas. We always just jumped on the bed. 😉
Haha, Gale! I did a lot of that when I was a kid.
Carrie
Such fun and simple ideas! Thanks for sharing with us at Love to Learn. Pinned.
Thank you!
Carrie
Thank you for these great rainy day games. My kids have had cabin fever and we needed some new activities to try. And thanks for sharing on the Love to Learn hop! You’re post will be featured in the next hop! Look for it the 1st Tues in April.
Awesome, L.E.! I’ll definitely look for it!
Carrie