Divide the kids into two separate groups and give each group a large stack of newspapers. On one stack of paper write a large number "1" in black marker and place a large number "2" on the sheets in the second stack. Divide the room in half, running a piece of masking tape down the middle. When the game starts, the children have to crumple up the sheets of newspaper and throw them across the line onto the other team's side. Give each side a set amount of time, such as ten minutes. Once the time is up, count the number of "snowballs" each team tossed to the other side. The winning team is the one who managed to get the largest number of newspaper balls across the line. Ask parents to donate their old papers and recycle the papers after the game.
Bean bag toss is a simple game appropriate for older kids and kids in pre-school. You need a few small fabric bags, approximately the size of your hand, filled with dried beans. If you can't find cloth bean bags, fill small plastic bags with a handful of dried beans. Draw targets on a large piece of posterboard or craft paper, making targets further back worth more points, or make larger and smaller targets, with smaller targets worth more points. The kids stand a few feet back from the targets and take turns tossing their bean bags. Count up the points after each toss and award a prize to the child with the most points.
Sardines is played like a reverse game of Hide and Seek. The game begins with one person acting as the hider and the other students acting like the counters. The children count to a certain number and the one child hides. The kids then search for the hider, but instead of calling the hider out, they hide with him. The last person to find the group becomes the hider in the next round.
Set the children in a large circle and pick one child to start first. That child must say, "A is for..." and answer with something that starts with the letter A. The next child must say, "B is for..." and name something that starts with the letter B. Keep the game going until one child can't think of an answer. For older students, start with the letter A and work your way through the alphabet; on each child's turn he must repeat all the answers that came before their turn.