text: i need suggestion for a playground game to play with 20-40 1st-6th graders!? i work at an after school program for elementary school students. now that spring is here, we are outside every afternoon for 3 hours. previously we've been playing kickball and football, but the kids are starting to get bored. does anyone have any suggestions for some new, interesting, fun games that we could play with around 20-40 kids in grades 1-6? i just can't think of anything! our little league team plays a nice form of dodge ball where they roll the ball and try to get it past the other team. if they get it past, the person who missed it has to sit down. they do this to train the kids to feild ground balls.  freeze tag is fun, too.  my 8 year old just told me her favorite game is "snowball usa". no teams. you need soft balls - less than the number of kids. it's like a snowball fight. but if you get hit, you aren't out, but you have to play on your butt. if you catch a ball instead of getting hit with it, you can stand up, and if you hit someone with a ball you can stand up. if you hit someone in the head or other sensitive areas, you are out. :-)  they also bought mini erasers in a tiny bag and hid them in the sand area and the kids had to dig for them. it probably cost them 5 cents per kid and the kids spent a long time digging for them.  have fun! it's great that you do this!