January is always time to play Four Corners-- a nice, quiet, inside game that is actually very fun and does give students a little running-around type of exercise.
Here are the directions on how to play, just in case you didn't know.
1. Tape four different colors of construction paper up on the walls in four different corners of whatever room you choose to use.
2. Choose an "it".
3. The "it" counts to twenty with "its" eyes closed. While this is going on, all the other students choose a corner and go and stand near it. (If they are not in a corner by the time the counting is done they are automatically out.)
4. With his or her eyes still closed, the "it" calls out one color. Everyone standing in that color's corner is out. They may either sit in the middle of the room or in another designated space.
5. The remaining students run around and go to another corner while the "it" counts to twenty again.
6. Near the end of the game when very few students remain, the "it" can call out two colors.
For an extra-fun twist on this game, use poster board or other materials and make a map on the floor of states or continents. The "it" may choose two or three states or continents to be out every turn or this version may take a very long time :-).