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Kids need to know how their bodies work, how to keep their bodies healthy, and fun ways to incorporate physical activity into their lives. These are the building blocks they will need as adults to live healthy lives. Games can help kids of all ages learn these skills in age-appropriate ways. Kids will stay healthy and learn while having fun with these games.
Human Body
- 22 Body Parts Activities for Preschoolers: Fingerpainting is a fun activity preschoolers will enjoy as a way to learn about the human body.
- Body Parts Biology Game: Young elementary school students will enjoy this animated online game.
- Body Parts Jigsaw Game: Kids put an online jigsaw puzzle together as a way to learn the parts of the body.
- The Human Body: Britannica published this interactive quiz that challenges users to brush up their knowledge about every part of the human body.
- Human Body Game: Designed for very young students, this brightly colored game helps them learn the basic parts of the body.
- Human Body Quiz: Basic anatomy and the functions of different organs are just some of the concepts reviewed.
- Learn the Skeletal System: In this online game, kids drag and drop skeletal bones into the correct place.
- Lonnie – Human Body Parts Online Game: Lonnie, a skateboarder, gets injured and players must help Lonnie get put back together again.
- Name the Bones: Players label bones like the jaw and clavicle.
- Quiz: Brain & Nervous System: Kids test their knowledge about how the brain and nervous system control the human body.
Nutrition Games
- Chef Leo’s Creative Kitchen: Kids cook healthy, creative meals in this PBS game.
- Dining Decisions: The CDC released this app that teaches how to make good food choices through the use of a fun game.
- Dole Quickfire Challenge: Players learn how to build recipes using this fun app that promotes nutritious cooking.
- Food Groups Bingo: Kids practice their matching skills while also learning more about healthy food.
- Gardening With a Milk Carton: These DIY seed kits are made with stuff most people have around the house.
- Nutrition Based Physical Activity Games: Musical vegetables and fruits are just one of the fun games that get kids moving while also helping them learn about good nutrition.
- Nutrition Facts Scavenger Hunt: Print off this scavenger hunt to help kids learn how to decode nutrition labels.
- Nutrition Jeopardy: What better way to quiz students on their knowledge of nutrition than by playing Jeopardy?
- Nutrition Related Group Games: In one game, kids play food-related charades and the other players must guess what ingredient or cooking method they are portraying.
- Pick Your Plate! A Global Guide to Nutrition: Learn how to make healthy choices about what you put in your mouth with this interactive game.
Safety Games
- Cool Not Cool: Relationships should be a place where people are safe, but that’s not true of all relationships. Here, kids learn to identify problematic behavior.
- Fun Road Safety Game Ideas For Kids And The Entire Family: Songs are one fun way to teach kids about the rules of the road.
- A Hoppin’ Good Time: Safety Games for Kids Make Learning Fun: One of the games featured here helps kids learn how to call 911 in an emergency.
- How Much Do You Know About Fire Safety?: Use this printable to make a fun game out of assessing kids’ knowledge of fire safety.
- Interland: Internet safety is taught in this fun online game.
- Safe Online Surfing: The FBI designed these games, aimed at different grade levels, to help kids learn how to stay safe online.
- Safety In My Online Neighborhood: Kindergartners learn how to stay safe online.
- School Run: Two kids are late for school, and players must help them navigate street traffic safely.
- Stranger Danger Role Playing Scenarios: Working through these role plays with a trusted adult and other friends helps kids learn what stranger danger is and how to avoid it.
- Triple Zero Kids Challenge: Kids learn how to best respond to a variety of emergency situations in this app-based game.
PE Games
- 5 Fun Gym Games to Get Kids Moving: Even kids who don’t enjoy organized sports or running will enjoy these games.
- 12 Great Indoor PE Games For Kids: A rainy day is no reason for kids not to have the chance to have fun and move their bodies.
- Bean Bag Bucket Tag: Coordination is an important body awareness skill for kids to develop, and playing bean bag bucket tag helps them sharpen this skill.
- Aliens and Astronauts: Warm-ups are important parts of workouts for people of all ages.
- 15 Physical Activities for Preschool Kids: Learning how to stay moving and have fun doing it is important for kids to learn early so they make it part of their daily lives.
- Best Adapted Physical Education Games: 5 Activities for Kids: Kids with special needs shouldn’t be left out of the fun or health benefits of PE games.
- Need Movement Activities To Keep Kids Active At School?: Games like Simon Says let kids get moving, but also teach life skills like listening.
- At Home PE Activities: PE games are just as much fun at home.
- How to Teach Throwing and Catching Skills: Throwing and catching help kids develop better hand-eye coordination and also are skills kids need to participate in many games.
- 27 Gross Motor Skills Activities for Little Kids: PE games can be a great way for little kids to develop their gross motor skills.
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