Twister by Hasbro is a color concept game that is effective for small groups. The teacher, instead of using the dial, calls out a color to the students. The children will try to touch the named colors.
This is a variant on Simon Says to teach manners. Using the phrase "Simon says please" for example, "hop on one foot or "Simon says hop on one foot." The children need to listen for "Simon says please" to not be eliminated from the game.
This activity requires a large play space such as a gym. Ask the children to make the letters of their alphabet with their bodies.
First make sets of index cards with the numbers 1 to 10 on the cards and a set of larger cards with the same numbers. The range should be at the level of the students' previous lessons. Preschoolers, as an average, can count to 10 or more. Give each child an index card with a number on it. Place a large number card on the floor and ask everyone with that number to place their index card onto that large card and hop the amount stated on the card. Continue the game until everyone's number has been called.
The teacher brings a large soup pot into the class and asks the students to sit in a circle around the soup pot. The teacher then says, "I am going to make some vegetable soup but I need your help. What vegetable should I put in the soup?" The first student says the name of a vegetable and then pretends to put it in the soup pot. The second student adds an imaginary vegetable but has to say the name of the previous vegetable and so forth. The students cannot use any of the previously mentioned vegetables names.
Ask the children to imagine that their joints do not move and instruct them to try to move without the flexibility of their elbows, knees, and knuckles. This game is to show the importance of bones and muscles working together.