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    100 Playground Games for Children
    100 Playground Games for Children
    100 Playground Games for Children
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    100 Playground Games for Children

    By P S Quick

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    Throughout childhood, play provides a vital role in children's development. Physical activities at playtime not only give children opportunities to get rid of pent-up energy or emotions but also help to keep them fit. Health organisations recognise that children should engage in a range of physical activities, including those of moderate intensity and also those that develop muscular strength and flexibility. For some children playtime may be the only opportunity they have to do this.
    This book is packed with ideas for playground games. There are 100 games in all which cover chasing, dodging and fleeing, listening and guessing, games needing equipment or markings, skipping rhymes, co-operative games, clapping games and singing games. Many of the games can also be used in other situations.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAcorn Books
    Release dateNov 7, 2022
    ISBN9781785380624
    100 Playground Games for Children

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      100 Playground Games for Children - P S Quick

      Chasing, Dodging and Fleeing Games

      Chasing, dodging and fleeing games are probably the most popular physical children’s games and have been played in one form or another since ancient times.

      Once children have learned different ways of travelling and developed their spacial awareness these games, which provide different challenges, help to develop the skills children need to play many sports today thus promoting a healthy lifestyle.

      Please Mr Crocodile

      Children choose ‘Mr Crocodile’ who pretends to guard his river. The children then chant:

      "Please Mr Crocodile may we cross the water

      To see your lovely daughter floating on the water

      Like a cup and saucer?

      What should we wear?"

      Or another version is:

      "Please Mr Crocodile may we cross the water,

      To see the queen’s daughter, who fell in the water

      100 years ago?

      Which colour must we wear?"

      Mr Crocodile replies by saying something such as Only if you have Velcro on your shoes or "Only if you are wearing something green. If children have something that matches the criteria they are given they walk across the river safely. However, those left behind have to try to run across the river, dodging Mr. Crocodile. If they are caught then they are out. The last person left in the game becomes the new crocodile.

      Farmer, Farmer

      This is a variant on the above game. Children chant:

      Farmer, farmer, may we cross your golden river? The farmer replies Not unless you are wearing something blue etc. In his criteria the farmer could use ages, classes, materials or a variety of other things.

      The game can be played by the rules of ‘Please Mr Crocodile’ or varied by anyone who is caught joining hands with the farmer in order to help him catch more children.

      Green Light, Red Light

      One person is chosen to be the caller who changes the light and stands with their back to the other children who line up across the playground. The caller counts to 10 and then shouts Green Light before quickly turning around as the others move towards her/him.

      When the caller shouts Red Light everyone must freeze. Anyone who is spotted still moving must return to the starting line. The sequence is repeated until one person is near enough to tag the caller. A new game then starts with this person as the caller.

      Cat and Mice

      One child is chosen to be the cat and another is chosen to be the mouse. The remaining children join hands to form a circle with the cat outside and the mouse inside.

      The children in the circle move clockwise while chanting:

      What time is it?

      It’s just struck nine.

      Is the cat at home?

      He’s about to dine!

      When the rhyme is completed the children remain still but stand holding hands so there is a gap between each of them. At this point the cat begins to chase the mouse by weaving in and out of the circle of children. The cat must follow the same path as the mouse.

      On being caught the cat pretends to eat the mouse before two more children take on these roles and the game begins again.

      What’s the Time Mr Wolf?

      One person is chosen to be Mr Wolf and stands at one end of the playground. This represents ‘Home’. The wolf faces away from the other children who stand in a line at the opposite end. The children then chant:

      What’s the time Mr Wolf?"

      Mr Wolf then replies

      Four o’clock (or any other hour)

      Children then take this number of steps towards the wolf. The children ask the same question again and the wolf continues to reply until the children are very near to him. At this stage he will shout Dinner Time before turning round and chasing the children, trying to catch one of them. Anyone caught becomes Mr Wolf.

      If a child reaches Mr Wolf before he calls Dinner Time they tap him on the shoulder before running for home. Mr Wolf has the opportunity to chase them before they run safely home.

      Fox and Goose

      This is an energetic game which is best played with a small group of children.

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