Kid games for six year olds

On this page you'll find kid games suggested by readers of Little Kids' Games Online - just for six year olds!

Kids of six are active, inquisitive, and love a lot of fun; but still enjoy - and need - a good dose of parental guidance and interaction.

They love putting their new-found knowledge from school and their own experience into practice: counting, sorting, memorizing or role playing; and games with rules start coming into their own. Some six year olds still hate to lose... so tread carefully with competitive kid games for a while yet if necessary.

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Go Fish
Go Fish can be used with any pack of cards that have pairs. Each player is dealt 7 cards each. The person starting asks anyone in the group "Do you have a ...?" to find a match for his/her own cards. If the person does, he hands the card over and the pair is laid down on the table.

If the person doesnt have the matching pair, he says, "Go fish" and the other person must pick up a card from the pile. Aim of game is to collect as many pairs as possible.
Belle, South Korea


Word treasure
Here's a learning how to read activity: I write a word on paper then the children cut it out and put it in a 'treasure box'. Everyday we pull out a word and reapeat it.
Estelle, Hungary


Patio chalk
Drawing games on the patio with chalk enables the kid to move more and be outdoors while remaining in a fixed area. Girls and boys alike enjoy drawing circles in which a number is inscribed - keep the circles at one end of the patio, then draw a line behind which the child will stand with a ball.

The idea is to throw the ball so as to land in a circle and score points, the highest numbers being the farthest circles from the throwing line. After a decided number of throws, count the points and see whether they can beat their scores as they improve their precision.
Roxane, Spain


Who am I?
At any time we are playing this. It is "Who am I?" Children of this age generally have knowledge for fruits, vegetables, transport etc.

An adult will start with clues for Firemen :

  1. I help in case of Fire
  2. We rush with a water tank with ringing bell (Bell sound)
  3. Their uniform is Blue.

Like these we can go on. The one who gives a correct answer at first shall get a chocolate or in case of a group who gets the maximum correct answers shall get a small gift.
Manali, India


Keeper of the Keys
The Keeper of the keys - one person sits in the middle of a circle with their eyes closed, at their feet is a bunch of keys which have to be guarded. Each of the other children in turn have to try and take the keys without being heard/pointed at. Great game for parties!
Alison, United Kingdom


Spud
Give each kid a number and then throw a ball up and call out a number. The child whose number is called grabs the ball, yells "SPUD!" and all the other kids who had been running away stop. The ball person takes 3 steps to the closest person and tries to hit him. If hit, that child is out. The game goes till one person's left.
Ryan, United States


Bridge!
On long car journeys we play 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 BRIDGE!! The aim is to start counting backwards from 10 when you see a bridge, and to time it so that you go under the bridge just as you get to zero. The kids love it, and they get really good at judging distance and timing. You can also use it to practise counting to 10 in different languages.
Sophie, United Kingdom


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