Potato games for kindergarten

Different variations of potato games

• The potato pyramid is one of the most popular and easiest potato games for the kindergarten. This is about who can process 1.5 kg of potatoes cleanly into a pyramid as quickly as possible. Any number of children take part. Each child processes their own pile of potatoes. The one who wins shouts that he's done. You can of course introduce a time limit of 60 to 120 seconds to make the game even more exciting.
• The potato roll is also very popular with the children in kindergarten. Each child chooses a large, round potato. Then everyone climbs up a hill or mountain in the kindergarten's yard and, after the educator gives the starting signal, roll the potatoes down the mountain with one push. The potato that came first to the bottom won. With many players in this type of potato game, it is sometimes helpful to mark your own potato.
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• The game Potato King is also a very popular variant of the potato games in kindergarten. Here, many different sized potatoes are hidden by the educators. Then all the children are sent out and have to find as many potatoes as possible in any given time. The whole thing is like the Easter egg hunt at Easter, but can still be played all year round and is great fun for the children.

Tips on potato games for kindergarten

• The older the children are in kindergarten, the more challenging the potato games can be. The above variants for potato games are well suited for toddlers. Children from 3-6 years feel most comfortable with these games, as the sense of adventure in kindergarten is awakened with each year of life.
• It is best to organize all potato games outside when the weather is nice. In this way, the children get fresh air in their noses and can let off steam at the same time.


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• The most important tip for potato games in kindergarten is always to have enough potatoes in stock. These can of course be old, inedible potatoes that would otherwise end up on the compost heap or in the organic waste. Each potato can be used as often as you like and is therefore not a single-use toy.
• You can of course also organize a potato game tournament. All of the potato games mentioned above are played through one after the other. Points are awarded for each game and the person who has received the most points at the end is the winner of the potato game tournament in the kindergarten.