Stand Up! An Active Game for Elementary School & Kindergarten After the Summer Holidays

In this movement game for primary school and kindergarten, children share their holiday experiences after the summer holidays. For sentences like “Stand up if you camped,” everyone who fits the description stands up briefly, looks around, and sits back down. In doing so, the children can quickly discover who had similar experiences during the holidays.

What is included in the material

• Game cards with “Stand up if…” sentences about summer experiences such as going to the swimming pool, having a picnic, or sitting around a campfire, each with an illustration
• Overview with all the sentences at a glance
• Instruction sheet with the game idea and procedure

Tips for using the material

• Read aloud by the game leader: The game leader can read the cards one by one, and the children react to each sentence.
• Children as game leaders: Alternatively, a child can come to the front and read a card or come up with a sentence of their own.

These skills are promoted

• Recalling personal experiences, because the children check whether each sentence applies to their holidays
• Awareness of others by looking around to see who is standing up
• Sense of community, because shared experiences become visible in the group

The same game is also available after the autumn holidays, after the winter holidays, and after the Easter holidays; the summer holiday bingo is also suitable for the same occasion.