Skip to content
OpenEduCat Toolsfor teachers

Hall activities for ages 3 to 5

Short classroom and early-years activities by age, time, materials and skill. Print a card or a week of five with a free teacher account.

Filters

Age
3 to 56 to 89 to 11
Time
Materials
Skill
Setting
Circle timeAt desksHall

On the board: Today's activity

Today's activity puts one card from this deck on your board each day, and Another shows the next one. Add it from More widgets on the board.

Open the board

Cards

36 cards

Each card is checked by the OpenEduCat team before it is listed. Nothing on this page runs on AI or needs a key.

Musical statues

Ages 3 to 510 minNothing neededMovement

Children dance while the teacher sings or plays music. When it stops, everyone freezes like a statue.

Steps

  1. Spread out in the hall with space around you.
  2. Dance while the music plays.
  3. Freeze when it stops; anyone who moves helps spot the next round.

Variations

  • Freeze in a shape the teacher names.
  • Dance like an animal.

Traffic lights

Ages 3 to 510 minNothing neededMovement, Language

Green means walk, amber means tiptoe, red means stop. Children move round the hall as the teacher calls colours.

Beanbag balance

Ages 3 to 510 minClassroom objectsMovement, Calm

Children walk slowly round the hall with a beanbag on their head. If it falls, they pick it up and carry on.

Follow the leader

Ages 3 to 510 minNothing neededMovement, Social

Children follow the teacher round the hall in a line, copying every move: big steps, small steps, hops.

Stepping stones

Ages 3 to 510 minPaperMovement, Number

Lay sheets of paper on the floor as stones. Children step only on the stones to cross the river.

Find a hoop

Ages 3 to 510 minClassroom objectsMovement, Number

Spread hoops on the floor. Children move round and, on the signal, stand in a hoop. Call how many may share one.

Shape walk

Ages 3 to 510 minNothing neededNumber, Movement

The teacher names a shape. Children walk the shape on the floor: a circle, a square, a triangle.

Bubbles

Ages 3 to 55 minNothing neededMovement, Calm

Children are bubbles floating round the hall, slowly and gently. If two bubbles touch, they pop and sit down softly.

Animal parade

Ages 3 to 510 minNothing neededMovement, Language

The class parades round the hall as different animals the teacher calls: slow tortoises, fast rabbits, tall giraffes.

Number corners

Ages 3 to 510 minPaperNumber

Put the numbers one to four on paper in the four corners. Call a number; children walk to that corner.

Sticky toffee

Ages 3 to 510 minNothing neededMovement, Social

One child is the toffee. Anyone the toffee touches sticks on, holding hands, until the whole class is one long toffee.

Ribbon dance

Ages 3 to 510 minPaperMovement

Children wave strips of paper like ribbons, making big circles, waves and zigzags in the air.

Checking your sign-in…
  • No student accounts.
  • No ads.
  • Data-processing agreement on request.
For schools

How to use the activity cards

  1. Choose a setting and an age, then narrow the cards by time, materials and skill.
  2. Open a card to read its steps and variations, and print it.
  3. Add five cards to the week and print them on one sheet, Monday to Friday.

Questions teachers ask

Who writes the cards?

The OpenEduCat team writes the cards and checks each one before it is listed. Nothing on this page runs on AI.

Do I need an account to print?

Yes. Every card is here to read, and printing a card or a week needs a free teacher account. Sign in once on each device.

Can I show an activity on the board?

Yes. Add Today's activity from More widgets on the board. It shows one card from this deck each day and carries the deck with it, so it keeps working when the connection drops.

What do the materials mean?

None needs nothing at all. Paper needs a sheet or a strip each. Classroom objects uses things every room has, such as chairs, books or pencils. Outdoors needs space outside.

Related tools

Was this useful?

Counted per page. Report a problem for bugs.