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Recess Juniors: First Online Adventure for Young Kids

Learn, laugh, and level up your tech skills while making new friends in the Recess universe!

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Hosted by 3 expert guides

Recess Juniors is an introduction to the Recess community, specially designed for younger learners (ages 6–8) who are just getting started with online games and group activities. This course helps kids build the confidence and skills they need to participate in Recess Community Hour, while having fun with a variety of age-appropriate minigames.

Each week, kids will try a new game and practice key tech skills like opening links, using tabs, navigating Gather, and exploring their Recess accounts, all with support from their guide and group.

Note: Parents may need to assist with basic setup at the beginning of the course.

What You'll Do:

  • Choose and play new minigames each week as a group
  • Practice how to open links, switch tabs, and navigate Gather
  • Learn how to log in, use your Recess profile, and get ready for future events
  • Laugh a lot, explore together, and make new friends
  • Receive support and encouragement in a playful, low-pressure environment

What You'll Learn:

  • Tech Independence: Learn how to use your device confidently and responsibly
  • Game Navigation Skills: Try a wide variety of games across platforms
  • Collaboration: Play as a team and practice taking turns and sharing ideas
  • Communication: Express yourself, ask questions, and listen to others
  • Emotional Confidence: Learn to win, lose, and try again with a great attitude
  • Community Readiness: Build the skills needed to join Community Hour smoothly

What You'll Need:

  • A working camera and microphone
  • A laptop or desktop computer (Chromebooks are not recommended)
  • Help from a parent or guardian during setup (especially for first-time users)

Specific Squad Selection

Recess Juniors changes games each week, based on what the group wants to try and what works best for the kids in the room. These might include Jackbox games, browser games, imagination-based word games, or digital board games.

If you're not sure if your child is ready, just sign up and reach out to Christopher for help deciding!

Pick a time

Age ranges are just suggestions! You can register for any cohort.

Meet the guides

Expert guides leading this course

Recess Community Director, Ask me about my dog, or give me a baby name suggestion! - PfP credit: Theo P
Avid gamer and baker

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Course updates

Updates from guides of this course

Jan 9 @ 7:24 PM

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Jan 7 @ 10:48 PM

Hello! For Wednesday’s Junior Squad today, we first started off with a great discussion about Pusheen, a really cute cartoon cat. This was *****’s first time learning about Pusheen, so ***** and I ended up spending a large part of the session just introducing her to the world of ...

Nov 7 @ 9:16 PM

Today was our first Recess Juniors meeting! We practiced our drawing and listening skills by learning how to play skribbl.io. I had a lot of fun seeing all your cool art and guessing with everyone. We also shared our favorite snacks, and talked about the games we want to try in t...

Dec 12 @ 7:03 PM

So amazing to see everyone today! Everybody joined and we had a fun time getting to know each other and playing some games. We started off with a round of skribbl where we all picked words we would be drawing (shadow was hard to draw!). After that we played some (you guessed it) ...

Jan 6 @ 11:37 PM

Hello! Today during Tuesday’s Junior Squads we started off with playing Smash Karts due to a suggestion from ***** and it was so fun!

Smash Karts is a game similar to Mario Kart, where you collect items from the cubes lying around the map and hit others with it, but there’s no...

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Nov 28 @ 7:09 PM

Today we learned how to play Uno! ***** explained to us the rules and then we learned through playing. We had a lot of surprises learning what all the cards did and even teamed up to stop people from winning too quickly. Back by popular demand, we switched to playing LOLBeans whe...

Nov 26 @ 10:59 PM

Hello everyone! Today during Junior Squad, there was a delay to today’s session due to Wifi connectivity issues, it was such poor timing, and I’m so sorry that it happened. However for those that did manage to make it in we had a great time!

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Dec 26 @ 7:10 PM

Today we had a lot of fun showing each other some of the gifts we got. We then played a game of House Hunt where the hardest round was the last one - shoutout to ***** for being the only one to find the item with all 3 things on it! We voted on what to play next and chose ****** ...

1 day ago

Today’s Wednesday Junior Squad went great and we welcomed a new member into our squad, *********! Yay! 🎉

We started off this session by immediately heading into a game of Lolbeans where we tried out some cool maps that had weird turns, long drops, and fast slides. We had so muc...

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Dec 5 @ 7:04 PM

Today we played LOLBeans and tried out s new gamemode - the lounge! We hung out there for a little bit and got used to the controls of the game before trying to go and play some obstacle courses. Everyone did a great job of encouraging their teammates and doing their best to make...

Dec 19 @ 7:09 PM

This week we tried a new game - a find it game! I gave some prompts and everyone had to find an item in their home that matched this prompt. Everyone did so well (except for me). ****** had to leave early but we also wound up playing some drawing games. We played exquisite corpse...

Nov 21 @ 7:06 PM

Today we talked about some of our favorite foods and drinks. We voted on a game and wound up playing some LOLBeans which was super fun except for the lava part.... After that ***** showed us how to play Agar.io - which sadly crashed. We switched to a guessing game, where I learne...

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4 hours ago

Today we spent some time playing custom levels on LOLBeans, and wow—some of them were really challenging! There were lots of laughs, close calls, and plenty of determination as we worked our way through the tougher levels.

After that, ***** and I switched gears and played a few ...

2 days ago

Hello! Today’s Tuesday Junior Squad started off with some technical difficulties in Recess Rooms so we switched to Gather instead. It was just **** and I today, so we quickly decided to play Lolbeans.

We’ve been playing on Lounge mode in Lolbeans for a couple of sessions alrea...

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Dec 24 @ 2:57 AM

Hello! For today’s Tuesday Junior Squad we started off with learning how to add each other as friends on Recess. Adding friends on Recess allows kids to message each other privately and also if the kids want to reach out to a guide or me, they can do it that way too! 

After lear...

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Dec 9 @ 11:55 PM

Hello! Today’s Junior Squads session was a bit of a struggle, but we walked through it together. We learned how to navigate through some of the features in Gather such as turning off Auto Idle Mute (turning it on makes it so your camera and mic automatically switch off when switc...

Jan 2 @ 7:04 PM

This week we decided to play LOLBeans for the whole hour. We had a lot of fun singing silly songs together and racing to the finish line. At the end of the hour we talked about a goal we wanted to achieve in 2026 and I heard some pretty fun ones! See you all next week!

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Dec 3 @ 12:05 AM

Hello! Today was the first day of Tuesday’s Junior Squad and it was awesome! It was so great meeting everyone and getting to know their interests. 

We started off the session by learning (reviewing for some) on how to use the Follow button and also how to access the chat box and...

Dec 16 @ 11:45 PM

Hello! Today’s Junior Squads started off really well, I set the goal of having everyone learn how to screenshare and then have them be able to do it themselves. We spent a bit trying to understand the steps before I had them try it out. Learning how to screenshare came in handy l...

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Dec 17 @ 10:59 PM

****! *********’s ****** ****** started off with reviewing what we learned in the previous session, copying and pasting links. It went pretty well! We decided that we would continue to review them every session before moving on to other activities until everyone understands and i...

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Nov 14 @ 7:04 PM

This week we tried to play Hexanaut - I accidentally sliced my own tail! Then ***** showed us a cool game called ******** that was a lot like Fallguys....
There we practiced our teamwork and worked together to navigate the obstacle course and win the race as a team!
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$15 per week