Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium

The referee puts the ball in play by tossing it to the center team (say the Whites, as shown in the diagram), and at the same time blows his whistle as a signal for the game to...

Whenever a player misses hitting another with the ball, it is called a "spud," and counts one against him. When any player has three spuds against him, he must stand twenty feet...

One player is chosen for cat and one for rat. The others all form a circle with clasped hands. The cat stands outside of the circle and the rat inside. The game opens with a con...

At a signal the next row of players take each a club and return it to one of the crosses, returning for another, etc., until all are placed. The next runners return the clubs to...

PLAYGROUND BALL.--For the game of Playground Ball there is used a ball that in size is between a baseball and indoor baseball. Usually balls of from 12 to 14 inches in circumfer...

This play is continued until Number One is back in his original position. The rank which first gets the bag around to Number One after he returns to his original position wins t...

When little children first begin to handle a ball the size of an ordinary hand ball, the acquirement of skill in tossing and catching is not altogether easy. Experience with suc...

This is a game of leapfrog. The players are divided into equal parties, with a chief for each. One of the chiefs stands with his back to a wall or fence, and all of his party be...

Where there are more than ten players, it is desirable to have them separated into several groups. Each group has a leader, and lines up in rank (side by side), with the leader...

CATCH PENNY.--One elbow is raised level with the shoulder, the arm being bent to bring the hand toward the chest. Three or four pennies are placed in a pile on the bent elbow. S...

SCORE.--A team scores one point each time that it makes a goal. The game is played on time limits, the team winning which has the highest score at the end. Where a large number...

The distinctive features of this form of Captain Ball are: (1) the captain occupies a place in the circumference of the circle as in I, instead of in the center as in succeeding...

The first runners, having been called by their respective captains to the starting bases, run on a signal; the players may reach the club together and go through many false move...

It is admirable for players of all ages, but, like all "dare" games, is especially good to overcome timidity. Timid children should be encouraged to venture near the fox and to...

This schoolroom game is played with most of the class sitting, being a relay race between alternate rows. The first child in each alternate row, at a signal from the teacher, le...

The ground is divided according to the accompanying diagram; the players, who are divided into two equal parties, with a captain for each party, being stationed respectively in...

This game is suitable for little children. The players are divided into two equal parties, each party having a home marked off at opposite ends of the playground, with a long ne...

1. Who were the lovers? (Romeo and Juliet.) 2. What was their courtship like? (Midsummer Night's Dream.) 3. What was her answer to his proposal? (As You Like It.) 4. About what...

This is an interesting and simple athletic event, as well as a good game. It is especially useful for players drilling on the handling of the basket ball or shotput, and is a go...

The mother approaches them and says, "You have some pies?" The old witch says, "Yes, some very nice apple pie." The mother proceeds to taste the apple pie and says, "This needs...

An uneven number of players are required for this game. Enough chairs are placed in a circle to allow one chair to each two players and one for the odd player, that is, half as...

HATS ON DECK.--The leader, as he vaults, places his cap on the back, and must clear without touching it. Each player, in turn, adds his hat to the pile, the last player having t...

This schoolroom adaptation of Captain Ball was made by Miss Mabel L. Pray of Toledo, Ohio, and was submitted in a competition for schoolroom games conducted by the Girls' Branch...

The one who is It tries to slap the hands of any of the players, who may evade him by bending the hands downward, upward, or sideways, at the wrist, but may not withdraw the arm...

The circle or ring formation has a pronounced tendency toward a spirit of unity among players. Each player may see and become somewhat acquainted with all other players in a gro...

This game has possibilities for much sport and skill. The agility with which players leap over or pass between the clubs is as important a part of the game as the pulling and pu...

The side starting the game is given a small ball of paper or worsted, and at the command of the captain of the _opposing_ side the players pass the ball rapidly from one to anot...

Most important of all, however, in the training that comes through games, is the development of will. The volitional aspect of the will and its power of endurance are plainly se...

Mr. Myron T. Scudder, in his practical and stimulating pamphlet on games for country children (_Country Play; A Field Day and Play Picnic for Country Children_. Pub. by _Chariti...

The players stand in a circle clasping hands, and circle around, singing the first verse. In the second and alternate verses the action indicated by the lines is given in pantom...

Partner Tag 145 Pass Ball Relay 395 Pebble Chase 145 Pig in a Hole 397 Pinch-o 146 Pitch Pebble 147 Poison 148 Potato Shuttle Relay 154 Prince of Paris 232 Prisoner's Base--II,...

As the last line is said, the players all raise their arms without unclasping the hands and place them around their companions, who stoop to step inside. They will then be stand...

PURPOSE AND PLAN.--This book aims to be a practical guide for the player of games, whether child or adult, and for the teacher or leader of games. A wide variety of conditions h...

This drill consists in throwing a ball against a wall, and catching it, with the following variations. It may be used for individual play, or for competition between two players...

Call Ball 338 Captain Ball--I 339 Captain Ball--II 341 Captain Ball--III 344 (_See_ Emperor Ball, Progressive Captain Ball, and Schoolroom Captain Ball.) Center Base 354 Center...

All-up Relay 45 Animal Chase 46 Arch Ball 321 Bag Pile 303 Corner Spry 360 Farmer is Coming, The 85 Guess Who 100 Home Tag 106 Hunt the Fox 110 Roley Poley 399 Slap Catch 178 St...

Lady of the Land 123 Lame Fox and Chickens 30+ 124 Last Couple Out 30+ 125 Leader and Footer 60+ 127 Leapfrog 100 127 Leapfrog Race 100+ 129 Letting out the Doves 30+ 129 Lost C...

The play of the ball need not be in consecutive order from base to base, but may zigzag across the circle. It does not score when caught a second time by the same baseman during...