Social games provide an excellent opportunity for elementary school students to interact and socialize with one another, without overly exerting themselves. Introduction activities in which elementary students introduce one another to the group engage students' creativity, in addition to their socializing skills. You might also use games such as "Two Truths and a Lie" and "I've Done Something You Haven't." These type of social games require elementary school students to develop school appropriate facts and details about themselves they can use to introduce themselves and their personalities to the entire class.
Mimicking games are an excellent way for elementary school students to interact with each other without engaging in high energy sports or other activities. Games such as "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" and "Monkey-See-Monkey-Do" require some students to take the lead in performing a silly gesture, action or face, while the remaining students attempt to mimic that gesture, action or face. Though most mimicking games are played while seated, making them passive, they often cause elementary school students to giggle and laugh, making them enjoyable for the participants.
Writing games rely upon elementary school students' creative and problem solving talents, as opposed to their natural energy. Games such as "Win-Lose-or-Draw" and "Pictionary" require students to draw pictures, while others attempt to guess what they are drawing. Games such as "Hangman," "Tic-Tac-Toe" and puzzles such as competitive maze or crossword completion challenge students to solve problems with writing implements.
Word games involve creative and problem solving skills, but lend themselves to a greater degree of interaction and discussion than writing games. Games such as "Salad Bowl" and "Taboo" require students to guess a word or phrase after one player has provided them with verbal clues or descriptions of that word or phrase. Similarly, games such as "I Spy" call for students to verbally describe things they see, usually by naming the color of a particular object. Other players attempt to guess the object based on the information given.