![]() Here is a fun-filled, packed list of 40 Games to Play at the End of the Day with your Students! I knew I needed more, so I did what I knew best! I reached out to our Teaching Trailblazers from our Fearless First Grade Teachers Group on Facebook to see what End of the Day Games other classrooms are playing. ![]() ![]() Let’s face it the “quiet game” only gets us so far. However, I always say the same phrase: “Once everyone is packed up, floors cleaned, quiet and in their areas – we can play!”Īs is the case with many activities, the novelty wore off quickly playing the same game (or a few) each afternoon. Several students at the end of the day always ask to play a game. The students are so excited to play a game that I started using it as a classroom management tool. Join today for access to unlimited printables, centers, teaching slides, lesson plans, and of course GAMES! It is your one-stop website for all resources a primary teacher needs. It wasn’t until I started playing games at the end of the day that all of this changed!Īs you scroll through this list, you can grab any activity mentioned on Education to the Core Premium. I just give up because the students continue to be loud and all over the place. Some days after I provided several verbal prompts, bell ringing, light flashing, etc. It’s the end of the school day and I’m exhausted and also ready to go home. I don’t know about you, but the end of the day is one of the most stressful parts of my day. Be sure to tag me on Instagram at MoveMountainsInKindergarten if you use this in your classroom.Anybody else’s end of the day complete chaos?!? Just me? Packing up, dismissals, cleaning up their areas, bus calls, announcements… oh yeah, and on top of that the students’ voice levels are at an all-time high. Click here to grab them or the picture below. I have some free signs to cover them in my TPT store. But it’s hard to keep them in there until the game is over because this can take days and/or weeks. Now, most Keprlunk games have a hole at the bottom to get the balls out, duh. I also have used it for individual students who may need extra practice in a specific area just for them. The possibilities are endless, any goal, any reward all year long for continuous fun. The best part about this game is that you get to make it fit YOUR needs in YOUR classroom for YOUR students (okay I’m done saying your lol). Lastly, when all the balls have fallen the students earn a reward that we also come up with it at the beginning like fuzzy sock day, extra recess, directed drawing/craft, etc. I keep track of who has pulled the sticks out so everyone gets a turn. Next, once we have picked our goal, every time it happens a student gets to pull a stick out. Sometimes the students even have a goal for us like getting a compliment in the hallway, the whole class remembering all their things packing up, getting all their sight words correct for the week etc. Also, be sure to tell the kids that it takes TIME lol, one stick pulled out or even 10 doesn’t mean the balls will fall.įirst, I first start by coming up with something that the whole class needs to work on. Now in the classroom, the students want the balls to drop because it will allow them to get a reward. The person who drops the last ball loses (kinda like Jenga). The goal is to pull the sticks out and not let the balls drop. So be on the lookout there too for the same one I use. Now, some of you have searched high and low for mine and I love all the places you did find it for second-hand like Mercari, eBay, and Facebook Marketplace. What’s even more budget-friendly is to just get the regular-sized one, it will work just as well. BUT… I did find a similar one that I have linked below, click on the picture to buy it. ![]() Now before I get ahead of myself, just know that this giant Kerplunk game pictured above is no longer available on Amazon, where I originally got it (also heard it was from Toy R Us). So many of you reached out to me about how to use it in your classroom and how it works. Well, it’s not really a secret because I have had this Kerplunk game for 4 years now and loving sharing it with you mostly on my Instagram. This is my secret classroom management idea, play a game so the kids don’t know it’s actually helping them complete a goal by doing work. ![]()
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