Cooperation Activities for Kids

Cooperation activities for kids are activities that are not only crucial for the development of kids' social skills, but they're also a lot of fun. They meet friends, they play together, they carry out social tasks together, and they enjoy every moment.

As you continue, you will find a collection of cooperation activities for kids. These activities are suited to different kinds of social gatherings and they include:

• Activities that can be done indoors
• Activities that can be done outdoors
• Activities for large groups.
• Sports activities
• Thinking activities

Outdoor Cooperation Activities for Kids

All of the outdoor cooperation activities for kids are meant for large groups. They can be used at parties, class social gatherings, etc.

A Wheelbarrow Race

• Divide the children into pairs.
• In each pair, one child is the wheelbarrow and the other is the wheelbarrow driver.
• The wheelbarrow driver holds his partner's legs, who proceeds by using his arms, to the finishing point.
• The first pair to reach the finishing point is the winner.

Passing Chairs

• Ten kids stand on ten chairs.
• The child on the right hand side has to pass the chair on which he is standing to the child who is standing next to him. This is continued until the end of the line.
• The object of the game is to pass all of the chairs to the left hand side of the row, without the children getting off the chairs.

Human Maze

• All of the kids apart from two divide themselves into rows. (The number of kids in each row is not necessarily even.)In each row the kids hold hands.

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• The two kids who remain are the pursuer and the pursued.
• With the sound of the music, the pursued runs away from the pursuer into the passage ways that have been formed by the kids holding hands, and the pursuer has to catch him.
• When the music stops, the kids have to change direction, and hold hands with the kids who are standing to their side. The change of direction closes pathways that were open previously, and create new pathways.
• The game ends when the pursuer manages to catch the pursued, or when the organizer decides to exchange the runners (pursuer and pursued).

Lead Me

• Mark two tracks using cones.
• Divide the kids into two groups.
• Within each group, the kids are divided into pairs.
• One child from each pair covers his eyes with a blindfold, and his partner has to lead him along the track using verbal instructions only.
• Each pair to complete the task successfully receives one point.
• The team to accumulate the highest number of points is the winner.

Indoor cooperation activities for kids are flexible in regard to the number of participants. (The minimum number of required participants is indicated for each activity.)

Assemble the Square

• Each group receives 6 different pieces that when put together form a square.
• Each child receives a different part of the square; or in the case of three participants each child receives two parts.
• The object of the game is to assemble the square.
• The first group to assemble the square correctly is the winner.

Restrictions:

• Speaking is prohibited during the course of the activity.
• It is forbidden to take pieces from other members of the group.
• It is forbidden to request pieces from other members of the group.
• Voluntarily giving a required piece to another member of the group however is allowed.

Letter Assembly

• Each pair receives different pieces that together form a letter.
• The pair has to assemble a letter from the pieces that they have been given.

Cooperative Arts and Crafts

• Each group receives a large piece of drawing paper, colored cut out figures from magazines, markers and glue.
• The members of the group have to create a joint work of art out of the supplies that were at their dispense.

Restrictions:

• Speaking is prohibited.

Jigsaw Puzzle Assembly

• Divide the kids into groups of 4.
• Each child receives a different piece of the jigsaw puzzle, on which one side has a picture, and on the other side is written a task.
• First the children are required to assemble the puzzle, and then to carry out the task that is written on the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle.