Babysitting and daycare requires continuous one-on-one and group interaction. A babysitter or daycare should have a list of various games on-hand to both educate and entertain children. In addition, a weekly schedule including a different 30-minute game for each day will help kids embrace the routine; they will look forward to playing dress up games on Monday morning or animal charades on Friday afternoon. Add the children's favorite games into the daily routine.

Dress Up Games

Dress up games can teach young children to be independent and creative. The toddlers can dress up the teacher, a volunteer, a teddy bear or themselves. Dress the teacher for a wedding, reunion or special celebration by having the group of children plan the outfit; they can each draw an outfit or the teacher can draw all the ideas on a white board or poster board. A large class teddy bear can also be dressed and the children take turns adding different items of clothing. The toddlers can play a dress-in-a-rush game, with piles of oversized clothes for each child to throw on over his own clothes. The first one to put on a jacket, pants, scarf, hat and shoes, for example, wins.

Weather Games

Use games as a way to bring the seasonal weather inside the daycare or house. An autumn game encourages children to go outside and collect ten colorful leaves. Ask each child to find three different colors of leaves. This game will teach them to identify colors and to use numbers for counting. Older kids can place all the leaves together and guess how many are in the pile; help them count up to 50 or another level-appropriate number. For a winter game, organize a friendly paper snowball fight or build a snowman out of three different-sized paper balls.

Olympic Games

Train the children for the Olympics. Olympic games can be geared to any age. For example, toddlers can have a crawling competition while the older children can set up the lanes with plastic orange cones and time the race. Preschool Olympic games might include training camp, the competition and an awards ceremony. Before the event, help the students plan a healthy snack to serve at the awards ceremony, as well as to make the gold, silver and bronze medals. These games can take a day, a week or all season.

Animal Games

Animal games can teach children positive social interaction and creativity. For younger children, show each child a picture of an animal and have her act out the animal for the rest of the class. For older children, have each describe the animal to the class using three words. Follow up the miming or description with children asking questions and sharing facts about the type of animal. Finish the game with an animal parade around the daycare or play yard.