Follow The Leader

Little kids have been playing this game for years! Ask your grandparents if they played this game when they were youngsters.

This strengthens kids concentration, listening and observation skills.

They have to mimic another player's actions. If they don't, they're out of the game!

3 or more players
Ages 3 and up

Playgrounds are a perfect place to play this game, especially if there are swings, sliding boards or monkey bars for the leader to play on.

Begin by choosing one player as the leader. The other players get in line, single file, behind her.

The leader begins by doing whatever she wants - walking, skipping, hopping, running - and the other players have to imitate what she is doing.

If a player doesn't do what the leader is doing, he is out of the game.

The winner is the last player remaining. He then becomes the new leader.

If you're not playing for a winner, each child should be given the chance to be the leader.

If you're playing this game in a preschool or daycare class - or at a summer camp - with a larger group of kids, you can break the kids down into two separate groups.

Two smaller groups allow each child to more closely follow his leader, and will give each child in the separate groups a chance to be the leader.

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